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07-01-2008, 05:54 PM
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| Sharing Our Light  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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Sorry to go AWOL gang, I was on a 4 day vacation to God's country north of Lake Superior. Next week I am going to Toronto on business and going to meet up with Anna51 for dinner and a long gab. Good news is that I am taking my laptop so can stay in touch with my friends here  Lake Superior Provincial Park is awesome... no people for miles around, just me, nature and God...and Mr. Ann and one bear.  
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~  |
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07-01-2008, 06:02 PM
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| Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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| Anywhere is the Center of the World Black Elk (Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux) Then I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being. And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father. And I saw that it was holy... But anywhere is the center of the world. 
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~ |
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07-01-2008, 06:53 PM
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| Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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Ugly snake is still running, methinks. I let out a scream that sent snakey slithering away at the speed of sound. The only think worse than having a snake on your path...is knowing the snake is out there but now you can't see him anymore 
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~ |
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07-02-2008, 03:49 AM
| #82 (permalink) |
| Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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| Make Me Strong in Spirit Make me strong in spirit, Courageous in action, Gentle of heart, Let me act in wisdom, Conquer my fear and doubt, Discover my own hidden gifts, Meet others with compassion, Be a source of healing energies, And face each day with hope and joy. - Abby Willowroot 
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~ |
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07-03-2008, 02:58 AM
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| Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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| Prayer for Kindness Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart, and a fruit upon the tree of humility. - Bahá'u'lláh 
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~ |
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07-04-2008, 03:00 AM
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| Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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| Have you forgotten that you made promises to your Beloved before you ever came to earth? The time to fulfill these is truly now. You want to cease feeling helpless, and you want to help the aching world? Serve someone and something. Everyone on earth serves someone and something. This means being your truest self now, fulfilling the promises you made to heaven long ago. Anything you do from the soulful self will help lighten the burdens of the world. Anything. You have no idea what the smallest word, the tiniest generosity can cause to be set in motion. Be outrageous in forgiving. Be dramatic in reconciling. Mistakes? Back up and make them as right as you can, then move on. Be off the charts in kindness. In whatever you are called to, strive to be devoted to it in all aspects large and small. Fall short? Try again. Mastery is made in increments, not in leaps. Be brave, be fierce, be visionary. Mend the parts of the world that are "within your reach." To strive to live this way is the most dramatic gift you can ever give to the world. Consider yourselves assigned. ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes~ 
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~ |
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07-04-2008, 04:09 AM
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I sponsor a child through a charity that says "We may not be able to save the world, but helping one child is a good start." Each small act of kindness makes a difference in somebody's life and just the act itself makes a difference in mine. Getting my patch kit ready too, Pattee.
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~ |
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07-05-2008, 03:10 AM
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| Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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| The Stairway of Existence We Are not In pursuit of formalities Or fake religious Laws, For through the stairway of existence We have come to God's Door. We are People who need to love, because Love is the soul's life, Love is simply creation's greatest joy. Through The stairway of existence, O, through the stairway of existence, Hafiz Have You now come, Have we all now come to The Beloved's Door. -Hafiz- 
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~ |
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07-06-2008, 03:16 AM
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| Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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| Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952. 
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~ |
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07-06-2008, 04:11 AM
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07-07-2008, 02:58 AM
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| Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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| Show Me the Course Steer the ship of my life, good Lord, to your quiet harbour, where I can be safe from the storms of sin and conflict. Show me the course I should take. Renew in me the gift of discernment, so that I can always see the right direction in which I should go. And give me the strength and the courage to choose the right course, even when the sea is rough and the waves are high, knowing that through enduring hardship and danger in your name we shall find comfort and peace. - Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-379) 
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~ |
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07-08-2008, 04:01 AM
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| Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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| Great Spirit Prayer Great Spirit, Great Spirit, My Grandfather, All over the earth the faces of living things are all alike. . . Look upon these faces of children without number And with children in their arms, That they may face the winds and Walk the good road to the day of quiet. . . There is no death. . . Only a change of worlds. . . Only a change of worlds. Author Unknown 
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~ |
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07-09-2008, 03:59 AM
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| Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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| We Are One I pray we, all children of the earth, no matter our path to enlightenment, come to realize that we are one. We may walk our own paths, but we are not alone, for we walk at the same time, toward the same end/beginning. From our individual perspectives, be we Pagan, Christian, Muslim, Jew, Buddist, Taoist, or Hindu, are the same. I pray that we all feel the love of our Creator(s) and by example learn to see each other as brothers and sisters, allowing the boundary lines of religion to fade away. May the Lord and Lady bless your path. May you always have enough, and may you give enough in return. Blessed Be. - FaeAisling 
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~ |
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07-09-2008, 05:14 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: The Emerald City
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Thats beautiful prayer Ann, is it wiccan? the 'blessed be' at the end makes me think it might be...
__________________ " May you live for an audience of One today in your little corner of the world..." |
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07-10-2008, 07:05 PM
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07-10-2008, 07:08 PM
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| Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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| Prayer of Thanks For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, For love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. Father in heaven, We thank thee. - Ralph Waldo Emerson 
__________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~ |
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07-12-2008, 03:34 AM
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| Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake
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| In the beginning was God, Today is God, Tomorrow will be God. Who can make an image of God? He has no body. He is the word which comes out of your mouth. That word! It is no more, It is past, and still it lives! So is God. african - pygmy 
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