Friday Five; What sustains you?

Over the last year I have found that life has been tough for various reasons, in bits and pieces I might cope with them all, but one after another in a relentless overlapping procession has left me drained and in need of resources that bring life. 


Sometimes even those resources are hard to lay my hands on, but even then if I choose to be mindful the memory of them can be sustaining. I am reminded of the words of Psalm 139:

Where can I go from your Spirit?

    Where can I flee from your presence?

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If I go up to the heavens,you are there;

    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

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If I rise on the wings of the dawn,

    if I settle on the far side of the sea,

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even there your hand will guide me,

    your right hand will hold me fast.

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If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me

    and the light become night around me,”

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even the darkness will not be dark to you;

    the night will shine like the day,

    for darkness is as light to you.

So I wonder,

1. What brings you light in the dark places? 
2. How do you connect/reconnect with God, and where do you find him/her holding you?
3. Is there a prayer/poem/piece of liturgy that speaks life/sustains you?
4. Is there a piece of music that lifts your heart?(share it or a link to it)
5. Is there a place you run to (even in your imagination?

Bonus; Add pictures to any /all of these :-)

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