Posted in Changing the world, How You See, Love, Need I Say More, Perspective, Poems & Quotations, Sharing, Something to think about, World, tagged kid's quotes. what is love, Love on December 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The story is that a group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, ‘What does love mean?’ Whether this is true or not these answers are pretty special.
‘When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her [...]
Posted in Landscape, Road Trips, Travel, tagged atom bomb, bandelier, bandelier national monument, frijoles canyon, kiva, los alamos, manhattan project, manhatten project, New mexico, pueblo indians, world war II on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bandelier National Monument. There is evidence of people being in Bandelier National Monument area that dates back 10,000 years. The Ancestral Pueblo people settled in Frijoles Canyon building the stone dwellings.
Bandelier’s human history extends back for over 10,000 years when nomadic hunter-gatherers followed migrating wildlife across the mesas and canyons. By 1150 CE Ancestral Pueblo [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged buddhist wisdom, duality, nonduality, quotes on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What is meant by nonduality? It means that light and shade, long and short, black and white, can only be experienced in relation to each other; light is not independent of shade, nor black of white. There are no opposites, only relationships. In the same way, nirvana and the ordinary world of suffering are not [...]
Posted in Environment, Holidays, How You See, Important, Something to think about, Sustainable, tagged green, Sustainable, Environment, reuse, shopping, christmas, holiday, holiday shopping, holiday tops, holiday tips on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
–Use old posters, posters from mail, schools, old maps, reused paper to wrap gifts.
–Money to a favorite charity in your person’s name. (I am especially fond of Make-a-Wish or animal rescue organizations)
–Reuse old christmas cards by removing the fronts. Send as post cards or stick in envelopes.
–Shop in antique shops and thrift stores. So much [...]
Posted in Road Trips, Travel, tagged Chimayo, Chimayo Santurio, churches, crucifix of Our Lord of Esquipulas, New mexico, pilgrimage, Southwest on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I visited Chimayo yesterday from my stay in Sante Fe. Nobody was there! I love to travel to see places in the snow covered quiet and stillness of winter. Void of tourists and all that brings, I was looking forward to experiencing a fresh New Mexico season. I’ve been here many times in the summer [...]
Posted in Changing the world, Events, Important, Politics, Sharing, Something to think about, Women, World, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, human rights on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you who are not aware of it, December 10th is Human Rights Day. Sixty years ago, Eleanor Roosevelt managed to create the miraculous: she shepherded a human rights document through an all male committee from countries all over the world, which specifically included women and children as beneficiaries of the declaration. In [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, fear, quotes on December 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
[photo:kate pabst]
I gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which I must stop and look fear in the face…I say to myself, I’ve lived through this and can take the next thing that comes along.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged buddhist, quotes, Spirituality, wisdom on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A person of wisdom should be truthful, without arrogance, without deceit, not slanderous and not hateful. The wise person should go beyond the evil of greed and miserliness.
Do not get excited by what is old, do not be contented with what is new. Do not grieve for what is lost or be controlled by desire.
-Sutta-nipata, [...]
