Fwd: May 31 - Daily Feast

May 31 - Daily Feast Prepare yourselves for what you need. If deep rest does not come naturally, give yourself reason to relax. Speak quietly and firmly to yourself of peace and release from stressful times. Comfort yourself with love the way you would comfort your child. There is a power for peace, but it is not yours until you have recognized its Source. It is not an artificial substance, but a marvelous gift of a spiritual nature - and it is yours if you ask. Prepare yourself. It is the first step toward all good things. ~ The first American mingled with his pride a singular humility. ~ OHIYESA - DAKOTA "A Cherokee Feast of Days, Volume II" by Joyce Sequichie Hifler *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* Elder's Meditation of the Day - May 31 "Sell a country? Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?" --Tecumseh, SHAWNEE The White Man's way is to possess, control and divide. It has always been difficult for Indian people to understand this. There are certain things we cannot own that must be shared. The Land is one of these things. We need to re-look as what we are doing to the Earth. We are digging in her veins and foolishly diminishing the natural resources. We are not living in balance. We do not own the Earth; the Earth owns us. Today, let us ponder the true relationship between the Earth and ourselves. Great Spirit, today, let me see the Earth as you would have me see Her. *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* THINK on THESE THINGS By Joyce Sequichie Hifler When there's thinking to be done, a person does well to have a little private retreat....a place where there's no worry that any minute someone will interrupt. And the very ease of knowing that here is a little time to do nothing but just think. Except that I must carefully direct those thoughts so never to let them roam to things that serve only to disturb. But where does one find a place these days that affords a time alone? It doesn't take much room to think. Some have little special places hidden from view....a hillside maybe....a sunny spot along a path....a closet not so large.....a park bench.....or they may even take a drive. But that place that is always available to us is that place within our own selves. This is the secret place within the heart where desires are stored. And no matter what we do, where we go, thoughts are productive. Here is where thankfulness is stored....here is where love is born....here is where the very life of life is built and rebuilt. This is our retreat when there's thinking to be done. *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* Available online! 'Cherokee Feast of Days' By Joyce Sequichie Hifler.

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"Indian blood is like gold, no matter how thinly spun it shines just as bright."

 

"Only if we stand together as one people can we hope to overcome all the injustices suffered by our people.  We have to learn to agree to disagree, and stand as one people regardless of our personal differences." 

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[LifeSupport] The Day the TV Broke

Today's message -- THE DAY THE TV BROKE

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THE DAY THE TV BROKE

Tracy Smith quipped, "I wanted to make it really special on
Valentine's Day, so I tied my boyfriend up. And for three solid hours
I watched whatever I wanted on TV." Of course we laugh, but do you
know that one of the major sources of friction identified by couples
is conflict over which television channels to watch?

For years now, watching television has become our universal pastime.
We wake up to TV, hurry home so as not to miss our special programs,
eat meals around the set and go to bed after our favorite nightly news
or comedy show. Television is the babysitter of choice of countless
households.

Not that television is bad. Like other forms of communication,
including radio and the Internet, it can be both helpful and
harmful -- depending on how it is used. And how often. It has been
estimated that average Americans will spend eight years of their
lives watching television. Laurence J. Peter sums up one of the
greatest problems of excessive TV viewing among children:
"Television," he says, "has changed a child from an irresistible force
to an immovable object."

Katherine Coroso Jackson, mother of pop star Michael Jackson,
explained this about her son: "It all really started when Michael was
three or four years old. The TV broke and the kids started dancing and
singing to entertain themselves. I convinced their father they were
good, and after he listened to them, he agreed with me." The TV broke
and, well, you know the rest of the story.

If your TV broke, what might get fixed? Or, put another way, if you
turned your television OFF today, what might get turned ON? An
interest in a project you've wanted to begin? An new way of relating
to those you live with? Community or public service? New friendships
or adventures?

The Jackson children changed from immovable objects to an irresistible
force the day their TV broke. WHAT might get turned on in you the day
your TV is turned off? Want to find out?

-- Steve Goodier

P.S. AIN'T IT SO
If you lived today as if it were your last, you'd buy up a box of
rockets and fire them all off, wouldn't you? -- Garrison Keillor

 

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"Indian blood is like gold, no matter how thinly spun it shines just as bright."

 

"Only if we stand together as one people can we hope to overcome all the injustices suffered by our people.  We have to learn to agree to disagree, and stand as one people regardless of our personal differences." 

Strong Heart Woman

Natural Highs

Natural Highs

Do They Make You Feel Good, especially the thought at the end of #45.

1. Falling in love.
2. Laughing so hard your face hurts.
3. A hot shower.
4. No lines at the supermarket.
5. A special glance.
6. Getting mail.
7. Taking a drive on a pretty road.
8. Hearing your favorite song on the radio.
9. Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
10. Hot towels fresh out of the dryer.
11. Chocolate milkshake (vanilla or strawberry ).
12. A bubble bath.
13. Giggling.
14. A good conversation.
15. The beach.
16. Finding a 20 dollar bill in your coat from last winter.
17. Laughing at yourself.
18. Looking into their eyes and knowing they Love you
19. Midnight phone calls that last for hours.
20. Running through sprinklers.
21. Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.
22. Having someone tell you that you're beautiful.
23. Laughing at an inside joke with FRIENDS
24. Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.
25. Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.
26. Your first kiss (the very first).
27. Making new friends or spending time with old ones.
28. Playing with a new puppy.
29. Having someone play with your ha ir.
30. Sweet dreams.
31. Hot chocolate.
32. Road trips with friends.
33. Swinging on swings.
34. Making eye contact with a cute stranger.
35. Making chocolate chip cookies.
36. Having your friends send you homemade cookies.
37. Holding hands with someone you care about.
38. Running into an old friend and realizing that some things (good or bad) never change.
39. Watching the expression on someone's face as they open a much desired present from you. 40. Watching the sunrise.
41. Getting out of bed every morning and being grateful for another be aut iful day.
42. Knowing that somebody misses you.
43. Getting a hug from someone you care about deeply.
44. Knowing you've done the right thing, no matter what other people think.
45. Plenty of yarn in your stash.

Lord, keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth .

My feelings exactly.

May 30 - Daily Feast

May 30 - Daily Feast The past is ripe with wisdom and knowledge because it brings to the heart the reasons for many things we did not understand then. Search among the memories for the sharp stones that hurt so much you covered them as in a grave. Shame whispered to hide them - but wisdom would have said to use them for good. One day you will say that it used to matter but it no longer rules. You can free yourself by taking old humiliations and using them like keys to open your own treasure boxes. And then you will love in a whole different and more wonderful way. ~ The red man must leave the land of his youth and find a new home. ~ SHABONEE - POTAWATOMI, 1800's "A Cherokee Feast of Days, Volume II" by Joyce Sequichie Hifler *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* Elder's Meditation of the Day - May 30 "Power comes and goes. It can vanish in the twinkling of an eye, like smoke dissolving in the air." --Archie Fire Lame Deer, LAKOTA The East, South, West and North are the powers of the four directions. The Creator makes these powers available to do things. We pray to the Creator to give us the power to do these things. Often, we are given these powers for a while, then these powers disappear. Power is given and taken from us by the Great Spirit, the source of power. During the time we have this power, we should be responsible and use the power in a good way. Many good things can be accomplished when we realize where this power really comes from. Great Spirit, today, show me how to use Your power. *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* THINK on THESE THINGS By Joyce Sequichie Hifler Everyone must have a way of life. The home, the position, the social level, the health of the body and of the emotions are all part of daily living. But beyond that there must be a reason, a way of life. We must believe in something, live by something, and have a shelter within ourselves where there are no pretenses. Life cannot be one carefree round of living on the surface. It is a thing of depth and width and height, and full of avenues never investigated. Like the body, it is made up of many parts. Beneath the skin there must beat a heart, a network of nerves, the strength of muscles, and much we cannot begin to explain. As the body depends upon the heart, we must have in our lives something to depend upon, something with which to identify ourselves. There must be a central point, a hitching post to keep all of life running smoothly. We need something to help us retreat as well as to go forward. We must have something to live by, as well as something for which we would willingly die. We need divine wisdom to see, and the strength to break away, those almost invisible fingers of possessiveness that grip our lives. We do not simply live, we live because. We live because of others, because of beautiful things and times and places. We live because God gave us life, to be happy in, and to find a special way. *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* Available online! 'Cherokee Feast of Days' By Joyce Sequichie Hifler. Visit her web site to purchase the wonderful books by Joyce as gifts for yourself or for loved ones......and also for those who don't have access to the Internet: http://www.hifler.com Click Here to Buy her books at Amazon.com Elder's Meditation of the Day By White Bison, Inc., an American Indian-owned nonprofit organization. Order their many products from their web site: http://www.whitebison.org   *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* If you would like to be added to The Daily Feast email list, CLICK HERE!

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Strong Heart Woman

Fwd: May 29 - Daily Feast

May 29 - Daily Feast Life will not fail us if we do not fail it. It is like a fresh flow from a spring that starts so strong but puddles in those hard-to-cross places. We are open to catch debris and easily riled, but we can cleanse ourselves and move on. We are life, and we can feed it or starve it. Regret starves - but peace and rest can restore. Look at sunlight and shadow playing across the plains, see the rose-colored patches that lie like swatches of fabric over the hills. Life is there, stir it up and give it a place. It is the way of the Tsa la gi. ~ Always changing; everything for good; nothing for nothing. ~ FLYING HAWK - SIOUX CHIEF "A Cherokee Feast of Days, Volume II" by Joyce Sequichie Hifler *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* Elder's Meditation of the Day - May 29 "Humility is probably the most difficult virtue to realize." --Thomas Yellowtail, CROW Two definitions of humility are (1) being aware of one's own defects of character, and (2) giving credit where credit is due. This means if you do something and are successful because God gave you certain talents, give credit to God when someone tells you how well you did; this is being humble. If you are successful at something, but had help from friends, spouse, neighbors, give credit to those who helped you; this is being humble. If you have done a task and you alone accomplished it, give credit to yourself; this is being humble. Say the truth and give credit where credit is due. Grandfather, let me walk a truthful road today. *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* THINK on THESE THINGS By Joyce Sequichie Hifler It is easy to have faith in God and to love everyone on days when the world is all in order. There are other days that seem to require more effort than any normal person can possibly muster. Each step seems to be an obstacle to overcome. Every hurt and thought of resentment presents itself in a clamorous roar. Weariness of body, soul, and spirit will nag the strongest beings into dark moods unless they can find a time away from all that plagues them. That time may be hard to come by, but even a few moments can bring a problem to light. Twinges of jealousy, feelings of anxiety, all scatter in that light. When the attention is turned from those things that make life all too ordinary they immediately, like a procession, march toward the God-self. To spend only a few moments counting our blessings will tell us that life is well worth living....the satisfaction of a job well done, the companionship of good friends with whom we share the lighter side and the ones who understand our darkest moods are all blessings. *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* Available online! 'Cherokee Feast of Days' By Joyce Sequichie Hifler. Visit her web site to purchase the wonderful books by Joyce as gifts for yourself or for loved ones......and also for those who don't have access to the Internet: http://www.hifler.com Click Here to Buy her books at Amazon.com Elder's Meditation of the Day By White Bison, Inc., an American Indian-owned nonprofit organization. Order their many products from their web site: http://www.whitebison.org   *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* If you would like to be added to The Daily Feast email list, CLICK HERE!

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"Indian blood is like gold, no matter how thinly spun it shines just as bright."

 

"Only if we stand together as one people can we hope to overcome all the injustices suffered by our people.  We have to learn to agree to disagree, and stand as one people regardless of our personal differences." 

Strong Heart Woman

Jenni caught in the act of sending e-mail

Our dog is a Sheltie/Spitz mix and looks something like this little cutie. Her name is Jenni Wren and every so often sends me an e-mail with the help of her Daddy.