My Favorite Words of Wisdom:
The Breeze At Dawn
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don’t go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the door sill where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.
…by Rumi“The Essential Rumi” New Expanded Edition Translation by Coleman Barks Harper Collins, 2004, p. 36
Holy Spirit Grace Blessing
The Beauty of Grace lies at your doorstep…Breathe this in now.
The Wisdom of Grace flows everlasting to you…Embrace this now.
The Wonders of Grace never cease to be present for you…Accept this now.
Amen
“So I say to you: Ask & it will be given to you; seek & you will find; knock & the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
…Matthew 7:7-8, NIV
“Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.”
...Malcolm Muggeridge
“He drew a circle that shut me out-
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But love & I had the wit to win;
We drew a circle that took him in!”
…Edwin Markham (1852-1940)
JABEZ PRAYER
And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying:
“Oh, that You would bless me indeed,
and enlarge my territory,
that Your hand would be with me,
and that You would keep me from evil,
that I may not cause pain.”
So God granted him what he requested.
…1 Chronicles 4:10, New King James
Message from Hopi Elders To my fellow swimmers; There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift, that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know that the river has its destination. We must let go of the shore, push off into the river, keep our heads above water. And see who is in there with you and celebrate. At this time in our history, we are to take nothing personally, least of all ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey come to a halt. The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves. Banish the word struggle from your attitude and vocabulary. All that we do must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for.
Forgiveness.....
Forgive yourself for not knowing better at
the time.
Forgive yourself for giving away your
power.
Forgive yourself for past behaviors.
Forgive yourself for the survival patterns &
traits you picked up while enduring
trauma.
Forgive yourself for being who you needed
to be.
"Pain is temporary but quitting is forever."
spoken by Eddie Pinero
How Will I Know You?
I will know you by your song
Rather than your voice,
And I will know you by your smile
Rather than your face.
I will look at you and see the strength
I have never seen before,
And I will see the sensitivity that
Will be a partner to that strength.
And I will become encircled in your glow
And thus will we walk together always.
I cannot say
What you will say.
But when you say it
I will know you.
And my response will be such
That there will be no doubt
That this is the sign
We have waited for.
And you will know me,
As the message will rise into the heavens
And permeate the Earth around us.
And I will look at you
And not see the shadow
But the substance.
And you will look at me
And see beyond the cover to the content.
And we will see glorious things
That no one else has ever seen before,
But have always been there unnoticed.
And we will see glorious things
That have not been there before,
But will now be there.
Because we will see them
In each other and make them so.
We will forget
All those who knew us falsely,
All those who knew us partially,
For they did not know us at all.
And we will not focus on one thing,
Giving or not giving approval
On the basis of a part
As others have wrongly done.
But we will see a totality,
The good and the bad,
Accepting it all with joy.
And thus will we say I-Thou
For the first time.
You will know me as I really am
And I will know you truly,
Not even as we know ourselves
And would present ourselves,
But to the very core of our beings.
And we will see the good and bad,
Accepting all with joy,
And from that time on
Our souls will be locked in harmony.
I will become you,
You will become me,
And we call each other
Love. By Meryl Fishman
Longer Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean Higher than any bird ever flew Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens I've been in love with you Stronger than any mountain cathedral Truer than any tree ever grew Deeper than any forest primeval I am in love with you I'll bring fire in the winters' You'll send showers in the springs We'll fly through the falls and summers with love on our wings Through the years as the fire starts to mellow Burning lines in the book of our lives Though the binding cracks And the pages start to yellow I'll be in love with you I'll be in love with you Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean Higher than any bird ever flew Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens I've been in love with you I am in love with you by Dan Fogelberg
The Great Invocation
From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Let light stream forth into human minds.
Let Light descend on Earth.
From the point of Love within the Heart of God Let love stream forth into human hearts.
May the Coming One* return to Earth.
From the centre where the Will of God is known
Let purpose guide all little human wills –
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.
From the centre which we call the human race
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.
Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.
“The Great Invocation” (adapted version) as taught by Tibetan master Djwhal Khul through Alice Baily. *Many religions believe in a World Teacher or Saviour, knowing him under such names as Jesus the Christ, the Lord Maitreya, the Imam Mahdi, the Bodhisattva, and the Messiah, and these terms are used in some of the Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and Jewish versions of the Great Invocation.