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 EditionTranslation by Coleman BarksHarper Collins, 2004, p. 36
“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