Oh, Great Spirit,
whose voice I hear in the winds
and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me.
I am small and weak.
I need your strength and wisdom.

Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes
ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have made
and my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise so that I may understand
the things you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons you have hidden
in every leaf and rock.

I seek strength, not to be superior to my brother,
but to fight my greatest enemy - myself.
Make me always ready to come to you
with clean hands and straight eyes,
so when life fades, as the fading sunset,
my spirit will come to you
without shame.

american indian - lakota - chief yellow lark - 1887

Durant Quote

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act but a habit." - Will Durant

Life is hard.  Don't sit around and have a pity party. Make something beautiful out of it.

--------Kathie Lee Gifford

Trust

Someone said, "A relationship without trust is like a car without gas, you can stay in it all you want but it will never go anywhere."  This couldn't be more true.

Someone said, "A relationship without trust is like a car without gas, you can stay in it all you want but it will never go anywhere."

Imprint

*

 

The Indian Ten Commandments Treat the Earth and all that dwell therein with respect Remain close to the Great Spirit Show great respect for your fellow beings Work together for the benefit of all Mankind Give assistance and kindness wherever needed Do what you know to be right Look after the well-being of Mind and Body Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater Good Be truthful and honest at all times Take full responsibility for your actions

Quiet people have the loudest minds
-------Stephen   Hawking

"When you teach your son, you teach your son's son"

from "The Talmud,"

Hold on to what is good,Even if it's a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe,
Even if it's a tree that stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do,
Even if it's a long way from here.
Hold on to your life,
Even if it's easier to let go.
Hold on to my hand,
Even if someday I'll be gone away from you.
Pueblo prayer

SERENITY........

When chaos looms seek the sweet
          surrender of simplicity.  Listen to
the sound of faith like a reed flute
          playing inside your chest.  Breathe.
Stand in witness of your true nature.
     Go within.  Be at rest without.

Serenity lives always within your reach.
          _____Ching Cui Lam

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full.. The students responded with a unanimous ‘yes.’

The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand.The students laughed..

‘Now,’ said the professor as the laughter subsided, ‘I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things—-your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions—-and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.. The sand is everything else—-the small stuff.

‘If you put the sand into the jar first,’ he continued, ‘there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

Spend time with your children. Spend time with your parents. Visit with grandparents. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and mow the lawn.

Take care of the golf balls first—-the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the Beer represented. The professor smiled and said, ‘I’m glad you asked.’ The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.

See More

The Thanksgivings by Harriet Maxwell Converse Translated from a traditional Iroquois prayer  We who are here present thank the Great Spirit that we    are here to praise Him. We thank Him that He has created men and women,     and ordered that these beings shall always be     living to multiply the earth. We thank Him for making the earth and giving these     beings its products to live on. We thank Him for the water that comes out of the earth     and runs for our lands. We thank Him for all the animals on the earth. We thank Him for certain timbers that grow and have     fluids coming from them for us all. We thank Him for the branches of the trees that grow     shadows for our shelter. We thank Him for the beings that come from the west,     the thunder and lightning that water the earth. We thank Him for the light which we call our oldest     brother, the sun that works for our good. We thank Him for all the fruits that grow on the trees     and vines. We thank Him for his goodness in making the forests,     and thank all its trees. We thank Him for the darkness that gives us rest, and     for the kind Being of the darkness that gives us light,     the moon. We thank Him for the bright spots in the skies that give     us signs, the stars. We give Him thanks for our supporters, who had charge     of our harvests. We give thanks that the voice of the Great Spirit can     still be heard through the words of Ga-ne-o-di-o. We thank the Great Spirit that we have the privilege of     this pleasant occasion. We give thanks for the persons who can sing the Great Spirit's music, and hope they will be privileged to     continue in his faith. We thank the Great Spirit for all the persons who     perform the ceremonies on this occasion.

 The important thing is not to stop questioning.  Curiosity has its own reason for existing.----------Albert Einstein

Instructions for Life in the new millennium from the Dalai Lama:

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rules: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.
Chinese Proverb

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!
Audrey Hepburn

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain. -Mildred Witte Stouven

Pain is an inescapable part of the human experience. Misery, however, is not. Misery is an option.
___________S.M. Tomlinson in One Fathom Above Sea Level

" 'Tis true my form is something odd, But blaming me is blaming God;
Could I create myself anew I would not fail in pleasing you.
If I could reach from pole to pole Or grasp the ocean with a span,
I would be measured by the soul; The mind's the standard of the man."

Joseph Carey Merrick, 1862 – 1890 (also known by some as The Elephant Man)

·

 

Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either.

.Jewish Proverb 

From another wise queen.

 

"I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman"
Elizabeth I

Live well, laugh often and love much.
_____from the stick in Queenosabe"s Dove Bar

A Native American Prayer

My spiritual philosophy is both simple and complex. A long journey with many detours and I'm still traveling.

I love the quiet and patient philosophy of Eastern and Native American spiritual beliefs. Peace, harmony, tolerance, respect. A connection to the earth. I respect and admire the tradition of Judaism and Catholisism and find truth within them.

This is a prayer that connects all people regardless of spiritual or religious beliefs...it's a very beautiful prayer. I hope you agree. The prayer is attributed to many Indian Chiefs.  However White Cloud is mentioned more frequently as the author.

Here is White Cloud's prayer. 
.

 The Prayer of White Cloud

O

Great Spirit,
Whose voice I hear in the wind,
And whose breath gives life to all the world,
hear me!

Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have made,
and my ears sharp to hear your voice.

Let me learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock.
I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother,
but to fight my greatest enemy - myself.

Make me always ready to come to you
with clean hands ...
and straight eyes,

So when life fades, as the fading sunset,
my spirit may come to you ...
without shame.

Wisdom is so hard to come by.
--------Kingosabe

A HAPPY PERSON IS ONE NOT TRAPPED BY FAME AND FORTUNE.
-------old Chinese Proverb

FORGIVENESS IS AN ACT OF THE HEART.
-------old Chinese Proverb

Truly wonderful the mind of a child is

------YODA, Star Wars Episo de II: Attack of the Clones

“Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.”

–Barbara Bush

Hello, my name is Kidosabe and I wanted to tell you that Queenosabe is going to let me pop on to her sites from time to time. I have a few things in mind right now but it is past my bedtime and I think I'll be back tomorrow,

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

There comes a time in a man's life when he gets to where he has to-----if there are no doors or windows---- he walks through a wall.-- Bernard Malamud, novelest and short story writer, (1914-1986)

The highest form of wisdom is kindness.
______The Talmud

Do not confine your children to your learning for they were born in another time.
________The Talmud

Outlook Towards Life

"Sometimes," she said, "an ending is just what a body needs to make a new beginning."
_____Oralee in The Man From Stone Creek by Linda Lael Miller

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
______G.K. Chesterton

When you're driving an imaginary car and you see a flying fork, take it.
----Yogi Berra

You are not expected to be perfect, but you are not permitted to stop trying.
----From the Talmud

May the stars carry your sadness away,
May the flowers fill your heart with beauty,
May hope forever wipe away your tears,
And, above all, may silence make you strong.
_________Chief Dan George

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.-----Peter Ustinov