Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Trail

Do not go where the path may lead; 
go instead where there is no path
 and leave a trail.   
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Monday, 17 September 2012

Learning

…that is what learning is.   
You suddenly understand something 
you’ve understood all your life, 
but in a new way.   
– Doris Lessing

Friday, 14 September 2012

Move

Give me a place to stand 
and I can move the world.  
 – Archimedes

Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Opportunity

Opportunity, for most of us, 
doesn’t knock just once; 
she raps a continual tattoo on our doors.  
 The pity is that much of the time 
we’re either too preoccupied to hear 
or too lethargic to answer.   
– Benjamin F. Fairless

Monday, 10 September 2012

Grieve

Don’t grieve for what doesn’t come.
Some things that don’t happen
keep disasters from happening.  
 – Rumi

Friday, 7 September 2012

September 7, 2012 Chautauqua


From the Editor's Computer


     Life is a journey, and one aspect of the journey is the healing we do, on all levels.  While I have been reading about Native traditions and shamanism this past year, I never had an opportunity to experience any of it first hand, till last month.

   Out of the blue, I received a phone call from Sandra who was hosting a Healing Circle in the Alix area.  The shaman was Rosie, White Elk Medicine Woman, from BC.  I was asked to promote the event in the Chautauqua.  I hoped to attend, but it looked unlikely, till different factors in my life changed, or details fell into place, freeing up the weekend so I could participate.

   I had no idea what to expect the first day as I entered the wooded site for the Circle.

   Led by Rosie, a delightful woman, the group -  though we were all different and at different stages of our journeys - was exactly the right combination of people for the weekend to be the successful event it was.

   While it was obvious that some were hesitant to begin with, the energy of the drumming, as it echoed off the trees surrounding us, loosened the tension, and people started opening up - not only with Rosie and the others in the circle, but within themselves.  It was so delightful to see everyone relax and start smiling (some beaming and glowing) as tensions and burdens were breathed through and released.

   For those of us who did attended both days, the experience just got better and better as Rosie shared various insights from the “Ancestors” on the Other Side.

   I am very glad, and thankful, I was able to attend the Circle and share the experience with everyone else who attended - the others have shared their insights, which are found on Page A7. 

   Everything happens for a reason, exactly as it happens, and the Healing Circle proved that over and over.  I would gladly attend another.

   But it isn’t just what happened during those two days, it is what has followed, and is continuing to unfold as each new day dawns.  New/deeper friendships, new opportunities, new insights, and more. 

Beth

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Wednesday, 5 September 2012

Storms

Stormy weather is what 
man needs from time to time
 to remind him he's not really
 in charge of anything.
- Author Unknown

Monday, 3 September 2012

Continually

If we attend continually and promptly
 to the little that we can do, 
we shall ere long be surprised 
to find how little remains that we cannot do. 
- Samuel Butler

Friday, 31 August 2012

Growth

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure 
nor this thing nor that, but simply growth. 
We are happy when we are growing. 
 -  William Butler Yeats.

Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Natural

The least strained and most natural ways 
of the soul are the most beautiful; 
the best occupations are the least forced.   
– Michel de Montaigne

Monday, 27 August 2012

Fate

Whatever fate befalls you, do not give way 
to great rejoicings or great lamentation; 
partly because all things are full of change, 
and your fortune may turn at any moment; 
partly because men are so apt to be deceived 
in their judgment as to what is good or bad for them.   
- Schopenhauer.

Friday, 24 August 2012

Think

Think for yourselves, and let others
 enjoy the privilege to do so, too. 
– Voltaire

Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Clouds

Clouds come floating into my life, 
no longer to carry rain or usher storm, 
but to add color to my sunset sky.   
- Rabindranath Tagore

Monday, 20 August 2012

Problems

Some problems require attention.   
Some will go away on their own.   
Others won’t change no matter what you do. 
  - Douglas Vermeeren

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