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Peaceful rest to Patchez - died June 27, 2005 (Friend to Charlie & Kim Cox, four legged brother of much personality)
Let us be united; Let us speak in harmony; Let our minds apprehend alike. Common be our prayer; Common be the end of our assembly; Common be our resolution; Common be our deliberations. Alike be our feelings; Unified be our hearts; Common be our intentions; Perfect be our unity. "When we walk upon Mother Earth, we always plant our feet carefully, because we know the faces of our future generations are looking up at us from beneath the ground. We never forget them." "We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right."
Ecosystem: an ecological community; complete with plants, animals, and its physical environment (soil, water, air etc.).
"Everyone should perceive the world as exactly half good and half evil. By doing one more good act, we tip the scale toward the good." - Kiddushim Live in the Tampa Bay Area? Check out the Wolf's Heart Lodge link below! 
There was a time when man took no more than he needed. That time is gone. There was a time when he gave something back. That time is gone. There was a time when he worshipped the Creator and honored creation. That time too is gone. And now that waters are polluted, our natural resources are all but gone and creation is dying, It is time to find our way back to earth.
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Poetry, Prayer & Wisdom
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(Black Elk - Oglala Sioux)
Grandfather, Great Spirit,
once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.
You lived first, and you are older than all need, older than all prayer.
All things belong to you -- the two-legged, the four-legged, the wings of the air, and all green things that live.
You have set the powers of the four quarters of the earth to cross each other.
You have made me cross the good road and road of difficulties,
and where they cross, the place is holy.
Day in, day out, forevermore, you are the life of things."
Hey! Lean to hear my feeble voice.
At the center of the sacred hoop
You have said that I should make the tree to bloom.
With tears running, O Great Spirit, my Grandfather,
With running eyes I must say
The tree has never bloomed
Here I stand, and the tree is withered.
Again, I recall the great vision you gave me.
It may be that some little root of the sacred tree still lives.
Nourish it then
That it may leaf
And bloom
And fill with singing birds!
Hear me, that the people may once again
Find the good road
And the shielding tree.
May all creation dance for joy within me.
~ Chinook Psalter ~
Ah Power that swirls us together
Grant us Bliss
Grant us the great release
And to all Beings
Vanishing, wounded
In trouble on earth
We pass on this love
May their numbers increase.
- Gary Snyder (reprinted from the book: Earth Prayers, Roberts & Amidon)
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 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.
Do your ancestors sing in your blood?
Go to www.orgsites.com/fl/drumming
Come Home to Mother America
I didn't think orange went with purple
until I saw the sunset You made on Tuesday.
That was cool."
- Eugene
"The life of the individual has meaning only in so far as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful."
"For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars; for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put to death... and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion and gentle hands and kindly words."
-Albert Schweitzer
were with the animals, for Tirawa, the One Above,
did not speak directly to man. He sent certain animals
to tell men that he showed himself through the beasts,
and that from them, and from the stars and the sun
and the moon should man learn...
all things tell of Tirawa.
Lord God Creator of All. Hear our prayers.
Forgive us our trespasses against Beloved Mother Earth.
Please accept our prayers of contrition and heal that which we have not fully appreciated.
Awaken in all hearts a love and concern for our earthly home.
May her rivers run free and clear.
May her oceans team with healthy life.
May her forests sing in the breeze of freedom from pollution.
Dear Lord, we request the legions of angels needed to help heal this wondrous planet, and inspire the many to invent systems that live in harmony with divine creation, rather than abusing it. We humbly request this in the name of your Beloved Son, Jesus The Most Holy Christ. Amen
"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.
And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them."
The Dalai Lama
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity; and that mountian parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life!
As a new plant breaks the ground with great difficulty...
so must we sometimes push against difficulty in bringing forth our dreams.
- I Ching
