Another day in the eternity of this life

Elder’s Meditation of the Day
“Those who live for one another learn that love is the bond of perfect unity.”
–Fools Crow, LAKOTA
To serve each other, to respect each other, to trust each other, to honor each other, to love each other, to cooperate with each other, to care for each other, to forgive one another, to focus on peoples’ good, to laugh with one another, to learn from one another; to pray for each other – these are all acts of love. These values and actions will connect us to one another in the Unseen World. Nature is a good example of how we should get along with one another. Watch nature. She is our teacher. Nature lives to give to one another. The insects give to the birds who give to the four legged who give to the two legged. The Creator made all things perfect.

Oh Great Spirit, let me serve the people today. Let me see that it is better to give than it is to receive. Be with me today.

Yes, I am still alive.

Finished watching the HBO mini series John Adams this past week.  I’m still wondering how that “Federalist” Party ever turned into the current Democrat craziness.   So I’ve begun to read the “Federalist Papers” (only 400 pages in the free pdf file I found) to try and understand.  For in the words of Jack Ryan in the movie ‘Hunt for Red October’ “It is wise to study the ways of one’s adversary.  Don’t you think?” I’m not sure who exactly I’m going to vote for yet, but I know it won’t be for a Democrat, maybe not Republican either.  Guess I need some extra strong duct tape and a clothes pin for my nose on election day.  I mean seriously, if Obama and McCain are the best this country has to offer as our representative to the rest of the world . . . . we are screwed.

 

One other thing I’ve read recently are the Articles of Confederation of these United States, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America.

Work is the same old thing, I’ve been doing the same run for getting close to 5 years.  My truck is a ‘05 model, next week I will surpass the 400,000 mile mark.  I think I have about 227 to go to get there right now.  I got this truck in Sept of ‘05 and it had about 34,000 miles on it then.  It has it’s issues but eh, it’s a truck, if I ever get to loving it just kill me . . . LOL  I never want to get to the place where I like being at work in my truck more than other places. 

This is taken from Godtoday.com

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6

Our acts of love, speak more vividly to the hearts of those around us, than our words. The impact our lives have on others, is found in our day to day activities, and the way we handle and respond to everyday situations. Our children are no exception. The opinions and character formed in them are a result of our actions more than our words. It is these seemingly small, everyday things that have the greatest impact in their lives. If we will continue to seek Creator as our example, He will enable us to be good examples to our children. When children have a firm foundation in the ways and word of God, they will not be easily uprooted and the storms of life will not consume them. They will have the ability to stand strong in our Creator.

Allow my life to be a blessing and example to my children and to all those who know me. Create me in Your image and enable me to live the example of Your word, so that my actions will speak Your love and truth.

I have met only a few people in my life who have taught me more about myself than 1000 people ever could, James Ott,  Aurther Cannon, Peter Miller, and A. Rueben Hartwick.  One was in the military with me, one a preacher and two college professors.  Three are dead now, not sure about the forth.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and week

Peace

TCWF

Who is really to blame for High Oil Prices.

Elder’s Meditation of the Day
“Modern civilization has no understanding of sacred matters. Everything is backwards.”
–Thomas Yellowtail, CROW
Modern civilization says, don’t pray in school; don’t pray at work; only go to church on Sunday. If you don’t believe what I believe, you’ll go to hell. Deviancy is normal. Our role models cheat, drink and run around; these are the people in the news. The news sells bad news; no one wants to hear good news. Kids are killing kids. Victims have little protection. Violence is normal. Leaders cheat and lie. Everything is backwards. We need to pray for spiritual intervention. We need to have guidance from the Creator to help us rebuild our families, our communities and ourselves. Today, I will pray for spiritual intervention from the Great Spirit.

Grandfather, we pray for your help in a pitiful way.

Okay time to remove the Duct Tape that’s struggling to hold my head together during this moronic election year.

I’m so pissed off about gas prices and the ring around the rosie being played by the jackasses in Washington, wanting to know who is responsible for these high prices.

THEY ARE! THE STUPID JACKASSES IN WASHINGTON, THAT’S WHO!

Why are they responsible you ask, because US businesses are being bleed to death with 35% tax rates while we are giving free trade to other nations. What we need to do is get rid of taxes on US businesses and add a 25% Tax to the imports Why penalize our own people for trying to compete with people we allow to do business with the US for FREE. Make them pay instead of overburdening our companies and citizens with outrageous taxes.

Why does this hurt our economy? Because Businesses leave this one so they don’t have to pay the taxes. This means the countries like China and India, with lots of money from not paying taxes here, can make all kinds of stuff 90% cheaper than we do. And since they are building all these factories to make this crap in, they need more oil to do it, hence driving up the oil prices at the futures auctions for oil.

Some would say, “Not tax businesses? That will kill our tax base!” But will it, if they don’t have to pay burdensome taxes. Which are really just passed on to the end user (consumer) anyways. Who gets all this extra money, the companies? No, it’s the shareholders, people like you and I who have gazillions of dollars invested in these companies in stocks and mutual funds. More money in our pockets means more money we can spend and boost the economy.

I would propose a 20% flat tax on personal income and ban any and all other taxes by federal, state and local gooberments. Give 10% to the Federal, 6% to the State, and 4% to the Local gooberments and let them know that’s it, NO MORE. Adjust your budgets to reflect. It’s time WE the American people took control back from the gooberment.

I ain’t even gonna start on the UN and it’s stupidity, term limits for elected officials, and the stupifying of our education system through standardized testing, ‘No’ child left behind really means ‘every’ child left behind. All I hear is about raising taxes, banning guns, federalizing schools, healthcare and businesses from the elected gooberment. They tried all that, it was the Soviet Socialist Republic, remember them.  I grew up in NH, the state motto is “Live free or die” nobody ever added “after taxes” to that.  I think it’s time once again to “Live Free or Die”

Well, guess it’s time to go and visit as many as I can

Peace, TCWF

Voting, Multitasking and Failure

Elder’s Meditation of the Day
“When you remove love and try to replace it with monetary things, you’ve got nothing … get him to understand that he has to love himself before he can love anything else.”
–John Peters (Slow Turtle), WAMPANOAG
It is said, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” That’s the trouble, most of us do.

Great Spirit, You are love; You are spirit. Spirit and love are interconnected. I am spiritual. Let me realize what I am really made of.

I have decided that this whole election process is just too dang freaking long, I mean there’s still over 290 days till the general election…. I have come up with a plan to streamline the whole process.

No primary campaigning before the 4th of July, primary campaigning begins the following Monday

With 1 weeks primary campaigning in states based on their total population. So first would be Mountain time zone, followed by Central, Pacific and then Eastern (based on total population only.

Primary campaigning is allowed for only one week in that designated time zone only and the vote takes place the following Monday, (NO campaigning allowed on weekends and only 1 debate per time zone allowed)

The next Time zone begins the Monday following the previous primary election voting.

The Party Convention can them be held Labor day weekend, And Campaigning for the General election would begin the first Monday in October. (only 2 debates allowed for the general election). Election day would remain the same, the first Tuesday in November

Any violations would result in a 100,000 a day fine or removal from the ballot if not paid.

So as example, the 2008 Election would be as follows:

Mountain Time, July 7 thru July 11 with voting on July 14

Central Time, July 21 thru July 25 with voting on July 28

Pacific Time, August 4 thru August 8 with voting on August 11

Eastern Time, August 18 thru August 22 with voting on August 25

The Party Conventions begin August 29 thru September 1

The General Election Campaign would begin on October 6 and run thru October 31 (NO campaigning on weekends remember)

The General Election voting on November 4.

See, simple, easy and we don’t have to listen to the same crap being spewed for 2 years only for 4 months…. I’m loving it

I’ve noticed a lot of people struggling with trying to accomplish so many different tasks,  Sometimes we take on too much at once and well, then we can’t do our best with any of them.  I remember the advice I use to give others during my preacher person days (don’t ask, them shoes was way too tight).  Don’t worry about the stuff that Your not getting the answers for right now, deal with the stuff that God is talking to you about, He’ll get around to the rest….  Remember like that old Johnny Cash song, “One piece at a time,”   Life is a lot like a jigsaw puzzle, you can’t put all the pieces together at once, only take them apart. Daily Om had a article about that recently.

At Your Own Pace, The Tortoise And The Hare

The classic tale of the tortoise and the hare reminds us that different people take life at different speeds and that one way is not necessarily superior to another. In fact, in the story it is the slower animal that ends up arriving at the destination first. In the same way, some of us seem to move very quickly through the issues and obstacles we all face in our lives. Others need long periods of time to process their feelings and move into new states of awareness. For those of us who perceive ourselves as moving quickly, it can be painful and exasperating to deal with someone else’s slower pace. Yet, just like the tortoise and the hare, we all arrive at the same destination, together, eventually.

People who take their time with things are probably in the minority in most of the world today. We live in a time when speed and productivity are valued above almost anything else. Therefore, people who flow at a slower pace are out of sync with the world and are often pestered and prodded to go faster and do more. This can be not only frustrating but also counterproductive because the stress of being pushed to move faster than one is able to move actually slows progress. On the other hand, if a person’s style is honored and supported, they will find their way in their own time and, just like the tortoise, they might just beat the speedier, more easily distracted person to the finish line.

It’s important to remember that we are not actually in a race to get somewhere ahead of someone else, and it is difficult to judge by appearances whether one person has made more progress than another. Whether you count yourself among the fast movers or as one of the slower folks, we can all benefit from respecting the pace that those around us choose for themselves. This way, we can keep our eyes on our own journey, knowing that we will all end up together in the end.

Well, I’m going back to work tonight

Walk in Peace, TCWF

Higher Walls

Elder’s Meditation of the Day
“People have to be responsible for their thoughts, so they have to learn to control them. It may not be easy, but it can be done.”
–Rolling Thunder, CHEROKEE
WE control our thoughts by controlling our self talk. At any moment we choose we can talk to ourselves differently. The fight comes with the emotions that are attached to our thoughts. If our emotion is high and seems to be out of control, we can say to ourselves STOP IT!, take a few deep breaths, then ask the Creator for the right thought or the right decision or the right action. If we practice this for a while, our thought life will be different. It helps if in the morning we ask God to direct our thinking. God loves to help us.

Great Spirit, today, direct my thinking so my choices are chosen by You.

 

I’m not sure exactly what I want to say today, many things going through my mind.  Had a meeting yesterday, afterwards and in discussing it I think it only accomplished one thing… bigger and higher walls between us.  Is it just prolonging the inevitable, probably.  I think sometimes it’s harder to walk peacefully than it is to just have a knock down drag out argument about things sometimes.  One of my favorite poems is “IF” by Rudyard Kipling, (the link will take you to it).  But sometimes I wonder if it’s worth the harm I’m doing to her, the kids, myself. 

BTW, I took friends lock off.  To heck with it

Was gonna say this the other day but forgot until LadyofAvalonLand reminded me, did we really need Dr. Phil to tell us Brittney was whacked in the head . . . . I mean seriously…

Back to work tonight, got a couple of things to do today, with one of the kids, to his appointments. 

 

Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.   Proverbs 19:21

God is much greater than our finite minds can fathom. Regardless of how educated we are or how much knowledge we gain we simply are not capable of grasping all He is. As we seek His purpose for our lives, we must remember it is His purpose and not our own. So many times our need to be in control can blind us from His purpose; we seek our own solutions, opinions and ideas about what His will is. They all pale in comparison to His perfect way. We will not find God’s will for our lives until we are willing and able to accept it. We have to trust His guidance completely and be willing to surrender ourselves totally, moment by moment in even the smallest of matters. If we neglect the wisdom of His guidance we can find ourselves working real hard yet doing all the wrong things.

Thank You for choosing me. You are greater than my mind is able to comprehend, and apart from You I am nothing. All that I am and hope to be I find in You. I surrender myself completely to You and I seek Your guidance moment by moment. I understand it is not about me, and my ability, but Your ability to create value and purpose within my life.  Godtoday.com

Enjoy the pctures, I surely do.

Walk in Peace, TCWF

We are not as strong

Elder’s Meditation of the Day
“What you see with your eyes shut is what counts.”
–Lame Deer, LAKOTA
Another whole world opens up when we close our eyes and calm our mind. Be still and know; be still and hear; be still and see; be still and feel. Inside every person is a still, small voice. Sometime it is necessary to close our eyes to shut down our perception in order to see. Try this occasionally; when you are talking to your child or spouse, close your eyes and listen to them. Listen to the tone of their voice; listen to their excitement; listen to their pain-listen.

Great Spirit, today, let me hear only what really counts.

 

Sometimes it scares me when I close my eyes, what I see….   For when I close my eyes, I stand naked before my Creator, unable to hid the evil that dwells deep within me, the past, the sins, the desires.  Sometimes I wish I was strong enough 

More Lyrics, Rich Mullins, adapted by me (as usual) 

Well, it took the hand of God Almighty
To part the waters of the sea
But it only took one little lie
To separate you and me
Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are

And they say that one day Joshua
Made the sun stand still in the sky
But I can’t even keep these thoughts
Of you from passing by
Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are

We are frail
We are fearfully and wonderfully made
Forged in the fires of human passion
Choking on the fumes of selfish rage
And with these our hells and our heavens
So few inches apart
We must be awfully small
And not as strong as we think we are

And the Master said their faith was
Gonna make them mountains move
But me, I tremble like a hill on a fault line
Just at the thought of how I lost you
Oh, we are not as strong as we think we are

And if you make me laugh well I know
I could make you like me
Cause when I laugh I can be a lot of fun
But we can’t do that I know that it is frightening
What I don’t know is why we can’t hold on
We can’t hold on

When you love you walk on the water
Just don’t stumble on the waves
We all want to go there somethin’ awful
But to stand there it takes some grace
‘Cause oh, we are not as strong
As we think we are

Walking in Peace, (for now)

TCWF

Lovely week it was the last of ‘07

 

Elder’s Meditation of the Day
“When temptation comes, I don’t say, `Yes,” and I don’t say, `No.’ I say, `Later,’ I just keep walking the Red Road-down the middle. When you’re in the middle, you don’t go to either extreme. You allow both sides to exist.”
–Dr. A. C. Ross (Ehanamani), LAKOTA
We need to practice controlling our focus. Whatever we focus on we become. We also become whatever we practice. We need to focus on balance. Whenever something comes along to tilt us off balance, we need to be grateful, because it allows the opportunity to practice our focus. Sometimes this is called temptation. Temptation in itself is not bad. What really counts is what we do with it when it happens. We need to practice controlling our focus and keeping our thinking focused on the Red Road.

Great Spirit, today, guide me through my temptations and allow me to focus on the Red Road.

Got home last night about 8:30 pm didn’t sleep real well, got up today, and we spent most of it out shopping, Every year I get a gift card from work to a seriation store, I always give it to LV for new clothing, this year with the after Rhama-Haunna-Kwans-Mass sales and discounts, she got $298 worth of regular priced clothing for $122 before the gift card, or basically she got it all free with my gift card and the one she had $22 left over from last year. I can live with that, so we splurged and bought the kids each a candy bar for $ 2.98 each

Okay, so well, this is the story…. about 3 am, on I-68 in western MD, about 15 miles before Cumberland, MD I was going west, down one of the hills, and got passed by a car, doing a good 80, maybe more. I knew there was a cop about 1/2 way down, (it’s a CB thing) so I was just cruising along, about 65, saw the car zip by where the cop was parked and then saw the cops car lights go on, as he puled out then the blues lit up just as the car got to the bridge and started spinning, car hit about three times before leaving the bridge then wound up in the storm run off about three feet on the other side of the guard rail. Cop stopped, I stopped, we drug some people out of the cars, one covered one just bleeding pretty bad, we got my most of it stopped up before the ambulance got there. I dead, one screwed up for a long while. Cop told me thanks for stoping and having the first aid kit in the truck, was given to me about a month ago in KY from one of the places I go to…. Well, at least it was better than last time watching a guy get decapitated on a motorcycle at about 70 running into the back of a pickup with a camper.

A lot happened this week, Christmas day the guys get attacked by a Siberian tiger in San Fran, CA at the zoo…. what’s up with that? Then the two guys who survived were trying to get away and refusing medical treatment? Then at the hospital they are trying to get away and won’t talk with t he cops or anyone…. huh! Then they lie on the phone to the dead guys dad and tell him they haven’t seen the son when he calls one to ask if they’ve seen him….. wth….???? Then in Dallas, TX someone shoots a pet (declawed) Bengal tiger 5 times and dumps it of on the side of a road?

Then the ex, wanna be again Prime Minister of Pakistan (these people have nukes!!!) gets shot and blown up. Now, her son is claiming to be leading her cause in her place… even though he doesn’t even speak the language…. duh! (abc world news tonight) and Al Quida is growing in leaps and bounds in Pakistan…. (the country with the nukes!!!) Oh Yeah, btw, Cashmere and India are up each others butt again….. they both have nukes!!!

 

This weeks pictures a re just some beautiful flower ones …. because I can really use a good cheerful picture

Walking in Peace, on purpose

TCWF

Merry Christmas!

Elder’s Meditation of the Day
“When you see a new trail, or a footprint that you do not know, follow it to the point of knowing.”
–Grandmother of Charles Eastman, SANTEE SIOUX
We never gain new knowledge or new experience unless we are willing to take risks. It’s good to be curious. Also, it pays to be cautious. Walk in balance. The path of the Warrior is filled with opportunities to seek new knowledge. As we travel down the Red Road, we will run into trails of opportunity. Down each of these trails are experiences from which we will learn. Experience plus action is the beginning of knowledge.”

Great Spirit, help me to make good choices in choosing only the trails You would have me take.

A lot of times we make quick decisions then have to clean up the mess from something that we didn’t intend to happen.  I have to make decisions like that often, most times everything works as I planned it to, sometimes, I wind up cleaning up a mess later.  I don’t like cleaning up the messes, I don’t like cleaning up someone else’s mess even more.  Sometimes it’s a good thing to just sit back and wait a bit before doing something.  Even when we know that we know the outcome…. This I know.

I think I’m going to regret getting Guitar Hero I, II, III and two controllers for the kids. I can’t say I’ve heard worse music before in my life and not had the opportunity to use adult beverage bottles as earplugs.  But then again, my attempt to play anything resulted in even more dissonance.

As I sit here now, everyone asleep or on their way to sleep besides me.  One light burning beside the chair I sit in, soon to be extinguished to allow the light of a candle to light my way as I give homage to the real one who made today possible. 

God today I find it remarkable how it is in harmony with the EMoD

God’s grace is available to help us to make choices that please Him. Our capacity to love and live our lives according to His principles and word, are dependent upon the enabling grace we receive from Him. It is His grace, which fills and keeps the river of perfect love flowing through our lives. We don’t have the capacity to love and to serve without it. Our choices are made in response to His love; choosing to follow and serve Him; choosing to not only forgive our enemies, but to embrace them; choosing to help others without the prospect of personal gratification or gain. He clothes us with humility, gentleness, compassion and kindness. Even our best intentions fall short in comparison.

We humbly come before You today Grandfather, aware of our inability to serve You. Our best intentions most certainly fall short of Your perfect love. Create us to be vessels of Your love, let it flood through every area of our lives, that are choices will be made with kindness, compassion and love. We thank You for Your grace that enables us to do all things through You, who gives us the strength.

Tomorrow, Back to work….. Walk in Peace, TCWF

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  Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.

Pain, Snow and Understanding

Elder’s Meditation of the Day
“Peace… comes within the souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the Universe dwells Wakan-Tanka, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.”
–Black Elk (Hehaka Sapa) OGLALA SIOUX
If we are to know peace we must look within ourselves. In order to do this, we must learn to be still. We must quiet the mind. We must learn to meditate. Meditation helps us locate and find the center that is within ourselves. The center is where the Great One resides. When we start to look for peace, we need to realize where it is within ourselves. When we experience conflict we need to pause for a moment and ask the Power within ourselves, “How do you want me to handle this? What would you suggest I do in this situation?” By asking the High Power for help we find peace.

Creator, help me to find peace.

 

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.  I’m slowly getting better, Friday was a week since I pulled the muscle in my back, going to work Monday wasn’t one of my brightest moves but I did anyways, decided to call off so I’ve been home trying to allow it to heal.  It’s tough wanting to do things and basically lying in bed most of the day.  Even sitting up more than a hour at a time has been rough. 

There is a local radio station playing christmas music now and I have to admit I love Burle Ives christmas music, especialy Holly Jolly Christmas, heard some moron on xm radio saying that was the worst song ever for christmas…. bah, obviously he needs to stick with politics cause he’s a moron when it comes to christmas music.

It’s suppose to snow here starting tonight, up to about 4″ I guess, switch to freezing rain, then just rain, then back the other way as tomorrow ends… I’m sure that means a total mess for Monday morning here… Oh Well, the kids can shovel all the mess

 

You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess. Deuteronomy 5:33

It is difficult to totally surrender our lives to God. We want to be in control. Yet when we do surrender we discover liberation and freedom; along with the wonderful peace and joy that words cannot explain. We want to be creator of our own destiny, but the truth is, we are more likely to become slaves to it. God has a perfect plan for our lives. We can’t surrender to God, a portion and expect to reap the full crop. We all have goals for our lives; and dreams we desire to see come true. God understands those desires and has placed them within us. The only way we will see them completed is by following where He leads and walking the path He has laid out.

Grandfather, You know our dreams and our aspirations, You have placed them in us. You have a master plan for our lives. Today we totally surrender to You and ask that You bring them to completion in our lives.  adapted from Godtoday.com

Hope everyne is having a great weekend, Walk in Peace, TCWF

Another boring day in Paradise

Elder’s Meditation of the Day
“Sometimes dreams are wiser then waking.”
–Black Elk (Hehaka Sapa), OGLALA
The Great Spirit has many ways of communicating with the human being. He talks to us through the five senses-sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. For example, we can observe nature and see a lesson or get an answer. These five senses function primarily in the physical world. But we also have the ability to receive communication from the Unseen World. To do this we have a sixth sense. It comes in the form of dreams, imagination, intuition, inspiration or a hunch. Along with the dream or intuitive thought there is a feeling, a knowing. We just know it’s true without the need for proof. We need to pay attention to our dreams and intuition. Don’t cast them off as being silly or useless. Be respectful to our dreams and feelings.

Creator, if you speak to me through dreams, let me know it in terms I can understand.

 

Got home with the candy today for the kids, guess it’s about 5 pounds worth, something called Mater Juice, Burning Rubber, and some Extreme Strawberry roll thing, and something Extreme called a belt?  I dunno, not suppose to eat the stuff anyways, tried a belt thing, very sour, then sweet… yuk  Not as good as the left over Veggie Pizza I had for dinner… LOL

Very cold and windy here, not very good for taking a walk around the lake, suppose to snow tonight into tomorrow. 

We went out and bought some gifts when I got home, found a great deal on what two of the kidlets wanted at Best Buy, found three things and actually saved about $75.00 compared to most places. 

 

What language does God speak? from A Word to the Wise

“Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors — the dreams of our old men, given them in the solemn hours of night by the Great Spirit; and the visions of our sachems, and is written in the hearts of our people.”
~ Chief Seattle, Dwamish tribe, Washington, 1855

We know from the teachings of the ancients, as well as our own personal experience, that the mental world speaks to us in picture form – in visions and in dreams.  Therefore, if we would communicate with Them, we must also develop this new form of communication.  In order to effectively communicate we must also approach the Great Mystery in reverence and gratitude, showing our respect and returning Their love by reflecting upon the blessings we’ve been given.  If you had a child who was not appreciative with what he was given, would you want to give him more, or would you likewise develop an indifferent attitude?  If another child thanked you over and over for the things you gave him, would you be more enthusiastic about giving more to him?

How often do you speak to the God/dess?  How would you establish a good relationship?  Is visiting often, calling upon Source energy regularly, a good way to develop the connection?  How do you tell Them what you want?  Do you think ritualistic movements say it all for you?  Do you dream about the joy you feel as you count your blessings?  Do you demand that you get what you want, or do you approach the Great Mystery in reverence and awe? 

 

Walk In Peace, TCWF