“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop”~Rumi I have found that even in the darkest moments, that the present moment is always tolerable. Both the past and future are intolerable. We can’t do anything about either one. The past stirs up feelings of either regret or longing and the future quietly…
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Tolerance: “the capacity to endure pain or hardship” ~Merriam Webster Synonyms: endurance, fortitude, stamina I once had a couples therapist use the word “tolerance” when speaking to me about my marriage. God only knows why he felt the need to say this, but I immediately fell in love with this fabulous word. My tolerance for even the smallest hardship in…
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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…
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“You’re exactly where you need to be” I really didn’t understand this often quoted phrase. It honestly made no sense to me. How I could be “exactly where I needed to be,” when I SO wasn’t even near where I WANTED to be in life. My career wasn’t where I wanted it to be. Neither was my body or self-esteem. And…
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“You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of our grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons…
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Thanksgiving Prayer We return thanks to our mother, the earth, which sustains us. We return thanks to the rivers and streams, which supply us with water. We return thanks to all herbs, which furnish medicines for the cure of our diseases. We return thanks to the moon and stars, which have given to us their light when the sun was…
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