@CatGirlColorado in ref'
that's why it is so important to be more aware & stronger than our weakest moments... some only see us as they want us to be, not as we are ...
Honesty may be the best policy, but by process of elimination, dishonesty is the second best policy.
George Carlin
"In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: when did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop finding comfort in silence?"
--Angeles Arrien
Art | 'Dreamtime Sisters' by Colleen Wallace Nungari
@MissAdventurous >when did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop finding comfort in silence?"
'The Woman who has Herself'
When a woman has herself you can enter or leave her life you can flatter or judge her and she, she will receive or say goodbye to you kindly and she will thank you and understand your shadows because she already knows hers. You probably won't tolerate it and at the same time you want to own it and you will end up walking away from her if you don't have the courage to respect her. When a woman has herself the Universe Dances at her feet, and She rises. She becomes compassionate. She chooses. She is aware. She gives and receives Love. It is easy to recognize it. The woman who has herself she smiles in the sun as in the storm. She celebrates life and understands death. She lives and dances the processes. She doesn't have a hue, she's a rainbow.
--Maria Harchanan Kaur
Art | Emily Balivet
..and then someone turned on the lights
Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.
~ Andrew Boyd
"A strong person is one who is quiet and sheds tears for a moment, and then picks up her sword and fights again "
-Xena, Warrior Princess
some say a strong man does not cry, they obviously have not sat and watched their partner of 50 years die. ~~~
“ We meet no ordinary people in our lives.” – C.S. Lewis
I hear the song of the universe I hear the siren call of the sea The vibrations echo everywhere I hear them calling me
It’s a very subtle sensation When I hear the call You have to really pay attention If you wish to hear it all
At first you may wonder About that ringing in your ears But lose yourself in the echoes It’s amazing what you will hear
It’s all one big symphony That reverberates in your heart Once you learn to uncover it You’re off to a really good start
Sit a while in the silence You’ll begin to hear what it has to say You’ll begin to wonder How you knew any other way
It’s such a vast universe This place that we call home This is but one incarnation So many other places we may roam
Don’t discount your time here On this third rock from our sun You have so much left to do Your work has just begun
So take a few more minutes Before you start your day To breathe in the song of the universe Starting right here in our Milky Way.
Leslie Bertrand
stardust, we are nothing more, nothing less.. ... would suggest listening to Willie Nelsons version.. of course he was smokin a joint while writing it ... wouldn't be Willie without his weed ...
"May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude."
~Leonard Cohen
"Beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy." Ben Franklin
"Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain." Schiller 1800s German philosopher
"The greater the intellect, the greater the need for play." N/A, but I've always subscribed to the notion. Possibly paraphrased from Aristotle
“We are all living in cages with the door wide open”. George Lucas