{"id":4998,"date":"2017-05-09T07:49:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T14:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=4998"},"modified":"2017-05-09T07:49:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T14:49:55","slug":"idiosyncrasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=4998","title":{"rendered":"Idiosyncrasy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cWe can\u2019t always choose what life brings, but we can choose how to respond.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I look at this quote of one of the most idiosyncratic people I’ve ever read about on days when I feel like I’m 103 and not coping well.<\/p>\n

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Emahoy Guebrou is a 93-year old nun who has had an extraordinary life and to this day continues to respond in constructive ways to obstacles in her way.<\/p>\n

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She came from an upperclass Ethiopian family, was sent to boarding school in Switzerland at the ripe age of 6. Discovered music, got a great musical education in Europe and Africa, partied with Haile Selassie in the 30s, fought for gender equality, and eventually, at age 23, was set to go to London\u00a0for a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music. Unclear what happened next to prevent her from going, but she dropped life in the fast lane and self-exiled into the religious life of a nun, running around barefoot in the hills of Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

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Which did not prevent her from fostering her extraordinary musical talents – she composes and edits\u00a0to this day. Hope your day improves just like mine does by reading about her quirky life and listening to her jazz-infused music.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2017\/apr\/17\/ethiopia-93-year-old-singing-nun-emahoy-tsegue-maryam-guebrou<\/a><\/p>\n

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Song of the Sea,<\/em> one of her best know compositions,\u00a0<\/em>inspired choice of photographs.<\/p>\n

Here is the\u00a0homeless wonderer<\/em> – yes, with an o not an a……..<\/p>\n