Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds
Whose breath gives life to the world, hear me I come to you
As one of your many children
I am small and weak, I need your strength and wisdom
May I walk in beauty
Make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset
Make my hands respect the things you have made And my ears... sharp to your voice
Make me wise so that I may know the things you have taught your children
The lessons you have written in every leaf and rock make me strong!
Not to be superior to my brothers, but to fight my greatest enemy,myself!

*** A Sioux Prayer Translated by Chief Yellow Lark– 1887

Three Mourning Doves in a Mulberry Tree, pretty close to a partridge in a pear tree.

"Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly."
-St. Francis de Sales

“Faith does not rely on knowing anything with certainty.
It requires only the courage to accept that whatever happens is for the highest good.”
by Dan Millman

photographer unknown by me

Be Glad

Drunk on the milky light of the stars
Anyone staggers. If I seem mad
I am. And if you see that
You are too. Be glad.
~Jalal-ud-Din Rumi

My Unconquerable Soul

“In the depths of winter, I discovered within me, an invincible summer.”
~Albert Camus

Today's Affirmation
I am a child of Light.

Today's Meditation
Dear God, Mother, Father, Spirit of the Universe,
Your presence within is greater than I had previously dared to imagine.
I relax into this knowing and I am filled with peace.
No matter how things appear in the outer world, I shall not be moved.
In You I am safe and whole.
You are the Life that fills me with joy and feeds my soul.
You are the Light that shines away all darkness.
May my life be witness to Your love.

Thank you

photographer unknown to me

Elder's Meditation of the Day

"Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood and so it is everything where power moves."
--Black Elk (Hehaka sapa), OGLALA SIOUX

In these modern times it is difficult to understand why we should think circles and seasons. People and society are always moving, through distance, over yonder, going here and going there - hurry up, grow up, be successful, climb the ladder of success, etc. The Elders tell us to slow down, to be patient, pray and think circles. Circle thinking applies to relationships, business and every area of our lives. We need to teach our awareness to look for seasons and cycles.


My Creator, teach me the seasons of growth.

photo from the Daily OM

Wisdom is, finding the balance between head and heart, upper chakras and lower chakras, earth and sky, masculine and feminine, joy and sorrow, yin and yang, energy and rest, human and divine, cosmos and psyche."
~Matthew Fox

I am back from a wonderful trip to Pennsylvania to reconnect with my long lost childhood friend, Julie. A few of the miracles that occurred were, I rode a horse for an hour trail ride in 19 degree temps for an hour and I felt only a little bit sore afterwards, I drove 7.5 hours each way and I wasn't even very stiff when I got out of the car, I slept in a strange bed fine(slept being the key word here) and best of all my friend and I picked up like we had never grown apart. Life is good!!!