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Music 4 song thematic Interlude. For emotional and mental respite and inspiration.
Music is highly subjective, but if you like one of these you'll probably like all of them. Two by the same artists is random not intentional.
1) Mat Kearney; Save Me, not religious, filmed by the artist in Montana, Washington and Idaho
2) Also Mat Kearney: Fire and rain, without climate change
3) Nowhere Else, a song the band was so unsure about they never put it on an album. And it turned out to be their most treasured piece. So I had to upload it to YT myself.
4) Instrumental and an ode to the highly talented much missed Rich Mullins, who died shockingly in 1997 at age 42.

• personal note as a previous snowshoe explorer, ice climber, rock climber and avid hiker; I accidentally discovered music and mountains mixed well. Which led to iconic, unexpected, embarrassing and admired moments. The latter even called beautiful more than once (I'll skip the 3rd). Don't mind sharing now that the most I was ever hit on...