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GN Nostriches ✨🌙💤 Yes, I have been fortunate enough to have seen these critters in the wild, in creeks of country Victoria, Australia plus at Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary. Such unique animals. 👀 Humans have done a good job of messing with their habitat. 😢😡 How many Aussie children will have that pleasure? 🥺 The platypus is one of the strangest animals on Earth, combining features from birds, reptiles, and mammals into a single river-dwelling species found in eastern Australia and Tasmania. Egg-Laying Mammals (Monotremes) • Monotreme status: They are one of only five surviving monotreme species—mammals that lay leathery eggs instead of giving live birth. • Sweating milk: Females do not have nipples. Instead, they secrete milk through specialized skin pores on their belly, and their babies (called puggles) lap it up from the mother's fur. • Single opening: They possess a cloaca, which is a single multi-purpose opening used for waste, reproduction, and laying eggs (a trait more common in reptiles and birds). Weird Anatomy and Senses • No stomach: Platypuses have no stomach; their esophagus connects directly to their intestines. • No teeth: Instead of teeth, they use hard, keratinized grinding pads on their jaws and store food in cheek pouches along with river gravel to help mash it up. • Blind and deaf underwater: When swimming, skin flaps cover their eyes and ears, making them temporarily blind and deaf while submerged. • Electroreception superpower: To find food without seeing or hearing, their soft, duck-like bill uses roughly 40,000 electroreceptors to track the tiny electrical pulses of shrimp, worms, and insect larvae in the mud. • 10 sex chromosomes: Unlike humans who have two sex chromosomes (X and Y), platypuses have 10 sex chromosomes (five pairs of XY or XX) that behave more like the sex chromosomes of birds. • Biofluorescence: Under ultraviolet (UV) light, their fur absorbs light and glows a strange bluish-green color. Venom and Defenses • Venomous ankle spurs: Males have a sharp 12–18 mm keratin spur on each rear ankle that delivers a complex cocktail of venom. • Morphine-resistant pain: The venom is not usually fatal to humans, but it causes excruciating, long-lasting pain that standard painkillers like morphine cannot easily relieve.

Watching "Nobody" movie 🍿 tonight. Quirky, fun, silly, good actors, loads of action scenes. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7888964/

#158 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Explore the emancipating process of letting go, empowering you to reach your true potential and manifesting the life you desire. Discover the power of releasing what no longer serves you and adopt personal growth instead. Enjoy and share the video at that link too. Letting go is powerful because it liberates us from the burdens that hold us back. Letting go also enhances emotional freedom, mental clarity, self-discovery, positive relationships, resilience and adaptability, manifestation of desires, inner peace and happiness, personal empowerment, health and well-being, plus the freedom to create. (Link is below)

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Why letting go is so powerful for self growth

Read 10 other reasons why letting go is so powerful https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/letting-go/

Life Power Tip Have less need to explain yourself to others. You really do not need to explain yourself to others to the extent that you do. There is a lovely poster I saw somewhere a line, which read, “I’ve seen ‘normal’ and it ain’t pretty”. Conforming to the behavior of the majority is not mandatory in life. Give yourself more permission to “be” you. A tree does not explain itself to you, yet its majestic presence is very clearly felt. A fish does not explain to you why it moves in one direction or another, yet it is beautiful to observe. Relax and be more you. Action Order a book that you have wanted to read, for a while. Challenge In a socially responsible way, go for the day without a care for what other people think of you. Quote I’ve missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot, and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. -Michael Jordan Clearing Go through and tidy your video collection. Question What are your greatest strengths and how can you leverage those? Affirmation I choose to always value solitude and stillness. Uplifting Extra Listen to these songs that do something which most songs don’t do. They program your mind for success! Richard’s songs do that in a way that is fun, easy, fast and more efficient than many other ways that the average person has tried, and you can listen to one of his songs free. (Link is below)

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GN Nostriches ✨🌙💤 A few more fun facts about kangaroos. Photo: East Coast Natureworld, Bicheno, Tasmania © Rob Burnett

Watching "First Man" movie 🍿 tonight. So well done. 👍 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213641/

Cool! created this today. 🧡

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Personal Growth Quizzes From Forward Steps

Which aspect of your personal growth would you like to explore today? Choose a quiz. https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/personal-growth-quizzes/

#157 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Is it your time to get organized? If you’ve got something in your life that’s not working, get it working or get it out of there. Just one or two new habits, systems or ways to deal with things that regularly get in your way each day can help to engender a sense of control and raise our energy. (Link is below)

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Time To Get Organized And Feel Freedom

Engender a sense of control and raise our energy @forwardsteps https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/get-organized/

Life Power Tip Have contingency plans in place. This is especially useful for when you make promises to yourself about completing particular things within set time frames. Know what you will do with those tasks if interruptions or unexpected delays thwart your intentions. Never skimp on promises made to yourself. These create your patterns of behavior (habits) in relationship to all your goals. Action Notice the colour purple everywhere you go today. Challenge Improve something in your life that will also improve your self-esteem. Quote It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had. -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Clearing Go through and tidy your physical music and audio collection. Question What are your three top reasons for developing new and empowering habits? Affirmation I choose to feel that I am becoming a more happy being. Uplifting Extra Distractions that can can fill the voids in our life are endless. To experience fewer of those distractions in our life, the first thing to work on is the question, “What end result do you want?” This question can be such a struggle for many people. Working on that question will crystallize your vision. (Link is below)

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What End Result Do You Want?

Working on this question will crystallize your vision @forwardsteps https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/end-result/

Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”. I had already sent these one a day for 12 months though to 9 May 2026. Then started anew on 10 May 2026.

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#156 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Next time your stuff comes up, you’ll know what to do after reading this. The best way to dissolve all forms of stress and negative emotion is to train your awareness. A great side-effect of meditation and mind-body training is that you also gain more energy to create what you do want in your life. Doing this is the first step in living a life of awareness, happiness and emotional well-being. (Link is below)

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What To Do When Your Stuff Comes Up

Next time your stuff comes up, you'll know what to do @forwardsteps https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/what-to-do/

Life Power Tip Have a clear sense of what will bring you success. There is no other way to determine whether your daily actions are taking you in the direction that you desire. You must have clarity. You must choose, you must decide. What are you asking for? Are you sure that you are moving toward what you want? Action Notice someone else’s hard work and compliment them. Challenge Improve your own image and stand by that. Quote It is not enough to have a dream, unless you are willing to pursue it. It is not enough to know what’s right, Unless you are strong enough to do it. It is not enough to learn the truth, unless you also learn to live it. It is not enough to reach for love, unless you care enough to give it. We who are resolved to find a way for ourselves will always find opportunities enough; and if we do not find them, we will make them. -Samuel Smiles Clearing Go through and tidy your virtual music and audio collection. Question What are your “must do’s” on which you could take action? Affirmation I choose to constantly evolve toward feeling whole. Uplifting Extra Have you ever had “funny feelings” about things and then they ended up coming true? Have you ever thought about someone and thought you should reach out to them then, instead, they reached out to you? Have you noticed that you seem to be able to influence what happens to you (or other people) just by thinking about it? Do you feel drawn to the natural world, to connect to the elements outdoors and notice things about the sky or clouds that other people don’t (in fact they seem more into being indoors than experiencing nature)? Take this free 60-second quiz now and get ready to be surprised by what you find out! This test takes just 60 seconds and it’s free. Nothing dubious about it, no strings attached, no catch whatsoever. (Link is below) https://www.selfimprovementgift.com/forwardsteps/praktical-magick-quiz/ Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”. I had already sent these one a day for 12 months though to 9 May 2026. Then started anew on 10 May 2026.

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GN Nostriches ✨🌙💤 Fun fact: Did you know there are around 49 million kangaroos in Australia and around 3.5 million people in Uruguay? Which means if the kangaroos were to invade Uruguay then each person would have to fight 14 kangaroos.

#155 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Your mind does what you ask. This particular characteristic of our mind also makes it extremely powerful. I’ve posted the transcript from the Mind Does What You Ask video at this post. If you start thinking positively and focus on all the good that can come out of a situation, your mind also makes that happen. By changing your mindset, not only will you be able to bounce back from adversity, you’ll also start living your best life, regardless of your circumstances. (Link is below)

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Your Mind Does What You Ask It To Do

Feed your mind with the right thoughts https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/mind-does-what-you-ask/

Life Power Tip Give yourself permission to feel the way that you do and to make the choices that you need. Generosity of spirit comes easily if you are not afraid to treat yourself well. When giving yourself what you need you will be in a better position to give generously and from the heart, to others. This is not about the kind of giving that is done through gritted teeth and has ‘duty’ written all over it! Action Notice often, your total relationship with the world. Challenge If you need to improve your effort in certain areas, then make a list of the things to improve. Quote It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you will do things differently. -Warren Buffett Clearing Go through your kitchen utensils and only keep the ones you love to use. Question What are you willing to leave behind, to have what you want? Affirmation I choose to feel increasingly generous with myself. Uplifting Extra Jack Canfield, Lisa Nichols and Dr. Joe Dispenza answer some of your hard-hitting questions about visualization and about the power of the subconscious, plus why subliminal messages can embed your aspirations in your mind so powerfully that they soon become your reality. Get Natalie’s free ebook and watch an exclusive Wealth Mastery video series featuring Jack Canfield, Lisa Nichols, Dr. Joe Dispenza and Natalie Ledwell. (Link is below) https://www.selfimprovementgift.com/forwardsteps/wealth-videos/ Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”. I had already sent these one a day for 12 months though to 9 May 2026. Then started anew on 10 May 2026.

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Watching "All The Devil's Men" movie 🎥 tonight. It's OK so far. Not really an overly unique plot, so there's not much thinking involved. Just entertainment. 😂🧡 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6012244/ Synopsis: A battle-scarred War on Terror bounty hunter is forced to go to London on a manhunt for a disavowed CIA operative, which leads him into a deadly running battle with a former military comrade and his private army.

Hope all the Bitcoiners in Panama are doing ok. @Tony | thebitcoinway.com 🫣🫂 A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central Panama on October 9, followed by a 6.6 aftershock and nearly 150 tremors. In Penonomé, a cathedral tower collapsed and buildings were badly damaged, while collapsed roads have completely cut off the town of Tonosí. Tsunami warnings were issued across five countries before being lifted, and President Mulino has declared a state of disaster. #panama #Earthquake #PanamaEarthquake

I’m not Canadian, still I wish you guys a happy Thanksgiving over there.

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Appreciation is a way of life

The capacity and experience of appreciation is a profound gift https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/appreciation/