true success is finding the joy and miracle of each moment
“What day is it?”
It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
“My favorite day,” said Pooh.
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poetry, quotes & thoughts about life
Archive for the month “February, 2012”
His eye is on the Sparrow and I know He watches me – Civilla D. Martin
A Bird’s Song
Small bird on a
thin branch
sings,
not asking
anyone, not
copying.
Such a short
little song,
so slender,
of no great
meaning,
yet so
true, so easily
winding through
the air,
as the air
will let it,
inviting your heart
somewhere
wonderful.
Isn’t that
all your life
needs
to be?
__________________
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
Things that matter most!
Last week I opened my lunch box and Chris had slipped a little stone in it. When I asked him why, he responded he wanted me to ‘be reminded that he loves me and wants me in his life. I have a home with him.’ Home has a huge meaning for me at this time in my life after years of wandering it is such a blessing to have a home. The stone is beside my keyboard and I find myself picking it up and being reminded several times a day of where I am in this journey, praying for this man, for this gift of our relationship, for the home we will build, breathing thanks. It is a very good feeling and makes me smile a lot. It gives me hope and strengthens me! 🙂 I am very blessed!
The people of God have always built monuments of stones as reminders of God’s grace and deliverance. In the Bible you find the people of God stacking stones in various places as they go.
We forget things so easily – let’s start living, and remembering, with intention, something as small as a pebble can have a great impact in our lives! These are the things that matter most!
Intention Set in Stone Prayer Stone Stacks
Add a stone blessed with a prayer to a mound and your intentions merge with those who have left stones before you.
Stone has played a role in spirituality from the very moment humanity externalized its sacred vision. Humans gave form to their devotion by scratching images of their deities into rock faces, carving holy statuary, and building stone shrines. The earliest of these were nothing more than simple piles of rocks that honored sacred places, revelations, people, and events. Following in the footsteps of this ancient tradition provides us with a simple and beautiful way to externalize our own spirituality. In your travels, you may have encountered on the sides of roads, trails, or pathways stacks of stones that look like random sculpture. Add a stone blessed with a prayer to such a mound, and your intentions merge with those who have left stones before you, empowering you all.
Associating a prayer with a particular stone alters the substance of both, and the formation of a prayer mound can balance and intensify the energy of a site. The mere act of choosing a stone can inspire mindfulness, as we lose ourselves in the moment seeking a pebble that speaks to our souls. And placing a prayer stone on a towering cairn is a meditation in patience—slowness and stillness allow us to find our stone’s center of gravity so the delicate ceremonial structure before us remains intact. Be cautious, however, when you feel guided to place a prayer rock upon stone mounds you see intermittently alongside well-worn but unmarked hiking paths. Hikers often use small cairns as guide markers to ensure that those who follow in their footsteps will not lose the trail. When in doubt, begin a new prayer pile slightly further away from the path itself and consider adding a relic of some kind to help others understand its purpose.
When you mindfully place a prayer by beginning a stone heap or adding to an existing mound, your thoughts and intentions are left in the care of fate itself. The cairn of which your prayer was one part may be unintentionally knocked down or destroyed by Mother Nature’s own hand. Try not to let this weigh heavily upon your spirit. The potent energy of your prayer was released by this destruction, ensuring that the purpose underlying that prayer will spread outward in the direction of the furthest reaches of the universe.
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enjoy all the miracles of life!
Dazzle and Glow
by Kathy Galloway/Love Burning Deep
Did the sun ever shine so brightly again?
Was there ever again a day of such distinction?
Did the light and shadow ever compliment each other quite so gracefully?
On that day, I remember, I ate chicken soup,
and rode a tractor throught the fields of heaven to certify sheep.
On that day, I put my head down on my arms and wept,
and a friend told me he loved me.
On that day, I hugged another friend in the glory-hole beneath the stairs.
On that day, I thought I would die of feeling,
But lived to wash the coffee cups at midnight.
On that day, we ran like children to the door
and tood and sighed like children at the northern lights,
painting the dark sky with a wash of silver.
On that day, mystery and mundanity embraced, and
caught me in their arms for ever more.
What a blessing of a day!
The benediction of the dazzle of water in a ditch,
and the glow of love, light, and night.
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Love is the longing of our hearts
Love is the only education that matters. – Ann Voskamp
http://www.aholyexperience.com/
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One of my favorite words: passion
To have passion, to have a dream, to have a purpose in life. And there are three components to 
that purpose, one is to find out who you really are, to discover God, the second is to serve other human beings, because we are here to do that and the third is to express your unique talents and when you are expressing your unique talents you lose track of time. – Deepak Chopra
Songs from the Valley Newsletter on Passion http://songsfromthevalley.com/jan-11-4-2-passion.pdf featuring one of my favorite artists, Bonita Williams Goldberg!!!! http://bonitawilliamsgoldberg.com/
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