Monday, March 31, 2014 From The Cookie Jar The more you strive and search for happiness, the more you overlook the possibility that happiness is here already... ____________________________________________________________ Earth, Teach Me Earth teach me quiet - as the grasses are still with new light. Earth teach me suffering - as old stones suffer with memory. Earth teach me humility - as blossoms are humble with beginning. Earth teach me caring - as mothers nurture their young. Earth teach me courage - as the tree that stands alone. Earth teach me limitation - as the ant that crawls on the ground. Earth teach me freedom - as the eagle that soars in the sky. Earth teach me acceptance - as the leaves that die each fall. Earth teach me renewal - as the seed that rises in the spring. Earth teach me to forget myself - as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me to remember kindness - as dry fields weep with rain. -An Ute prayer ____________________________________________________________ My faith does not rest in the wisdom of men (human philosophy), but in the power of God. - 1 Corinthians 2:5 ____________________________________________________________ Wae Wae Non Me Not The Creator above is the Great Spirit and the Great Mystery, His gifts are plentiful, therefore you want not. He holds out a branch of love and protection and He draws you to where the ground is undisturbed, where the air is pure and the water is clear and clean enough to give life. You walk, you breathe, you feed, for you are pleasured. The times when your heart is weak, your circle is out of balance, He lifts you up again and draws you to the good Menominee road, for He is strength and wisdom. -Menominee Tribe version of the 23rd Psalm ____________________________________________________________ If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means, paint, and that voice will be silenced. - Vincent Van Gogh ____________________________________________________________ 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 things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being. - Black Elk ____________________________________________________________ The greatest gift you can ever own is not found in the shops or under your Christmas tree. ____________________________________________________________ The key to happiness is letting each situation be what it is instead of what you think it should be. ____________________________________________________________ He himself bore my sins in His body on the tree so that I might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds I have been healed. -1Peter 2:24(NIV)
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