If we could lift understandingto indigenous teachingsexpand our loveto earth, sky, and seaMake personal gain tabooand Ancients a weigh point If we could witness the mountainsslow floating across the skyand touch the dolphin’s soulanxiously swimmingwhere tuna are netted Would we cower at our insignificanceor move forward, learning to acceptthat all of life is deeply woveninto […]
I know a little girl,whose hair in ringletsfalls, unkempt from lackof brushing; who standswhen she should be sitting;who laughs with defiance whenchallenged, her dark eyes gleamingwith mischief; who holds her chin uphigh and stamps her feet, arms foldedin protest when she does not get her way. I see that little girl,have watched her play,with a […]
Ask me how I’m doingand I’ll say “fine”, notbecause I’m actually fine,but because “fine” is the onlysocially acceptable response. If I said that I have been lyinghere, for three hours now,willing my body to move,that would elicit unsolicitedadvice and tarnish my “fine”. I’d berate myself for breakingmy promise not to moan,knowing that complainingprovokes a compulsive […]
One Woman's Quest II 
That’s why we should always be genuine and authentic while living!
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Amen to that!
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Thought-provoking statement. Hopefully, we made a difference as a soul caring for souls rather than being obsessed with material possessions.
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I hope so, too, Eugi!
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Some people think they have the power to divine what happens after death. I’ll never believe any of them.
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I think there is a reason these secrets are guarded, just at the future is often unseeable – we need to learn to live in the present.
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I had to go back and read it a second time. My sometimes wonky vision read it as professions rather than possessions. but of course professions won’t follow us either, will they. A double quandary for those of us full of who we are as well as with what we own.
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Good point, Lou. I see my husband struggling with that now, as he thinks about retirement.
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Food for thought. I’d like to think we still own our essence…hopefully it was good one that we’d still want to own!
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I think that’s my point. If we focused more on building character and less on accumulation we would at least leave an example.
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Our souls are the gold. Too often we aspire to acquire the external in life. This, I think, will change.
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I hope so.
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Death is an equalizer.
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Very sobering . . .
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Yes…
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A profound statement
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Thanks Sadje
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You’re welcome. This echoes my belief and faith
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