Said Thomas Jefferson ....

Say nothing of my religion. It is known to my God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life: if it has been honest and dutiful to society the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one.

Astoria Bridge, Christmas Eve 04

*---- Quote of the Year ----*

Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again. And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are?

We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move.

You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel?

You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.

--Pablo Casals (1876-1973)

Merry Christmas Codi

I miss you Code man!
I hope yer having a blast this Christmas!


This is my kid.
He is (for me) an example of how fate
gives good things to good people.

*---- Quote of the Week ----*

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay
for a while and leave footprints on our hearts, and we are
never the same.
--Flavia Weedn, Inspirational author

*---- Quote of the Day ----*

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white.
Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
--Lao-Tzu

Bonus Quote

Deserves it! I daresay he does.
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment.
For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
--Gandalf the Grey, JRR Tolkien

Black Elk, Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux

Hear me, four quarters of the world-- a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth. Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand, that I may be like you. With your power only can I face the winds. Great Spirit...all over the earth the faces of living things are all alike. With tenderness have these come up out of the ground. Look upon these faces of children without number and with children in their arms, that they may face the winds and walk the good road to the day of quiet.
This is my prayer'
hear me!

Earth Teach Me to Remember ------------------------------ by John Yellow Lark

Earth teach me stillness
as the grasses are stilled with light.

Earth teach me suffering
as old stones suffer with memory.

Earth teach me humility
as blossoms are humble with beginning.

Earth Teach me caring
as the mother who secures her young.

Earth teach me courage
as the tree which stands alone.

Earth teach me limitation
as the ant which crawls on the ground.

Earth teach me freedom
as the eagle which soars in the sky.

Earth teach me resignation
as the leaves which die in the fall.

Earth teach me regeneration
as the seed which rises in the spring.

Earth teach me to forget myself
as melted snow forgets its life.

Earth teach me to remember kindness
as dry fields weep in the rain.

Just an odd little story

Creep!

Remember the words of J.H. Jowett:

The real measure of our wealth
is how much we'd be worth
if we lost all of our
money and possessions.

Have a rich day

The Psychology of Listening

<>Listening is the ecology of being,
it opens the doorway to the heart.
Listening creates trust between beings,
listening creates love.

Wherever you find a poverty of communication
you will find a poverty of love,
and wherever you find a poverty of love
you will find a poverty of deep listening.

The most important way
in which we exercise our love is by listening.
Empathy is the capacity to listen
with the pure heart,
to hear what there is to hear,
to merge and feel all there is to feel;
purely one and into the world of another.
We do not project
nor reject the essence of another.
Romantic love is effortless
compared to the discipline
of true love and the art of listening.

Empathy marks the deepest halls of listening
for with it we listen to the actual feelings
behind the words being said.

When we enter and pay attention
to another's inner world
we have no time for our own self obsessions.
Listening is the art of paying attention
and is in essence love in action.
Listening actually creates love.
It is love in reality.
So learning how to listen
is really learning how to love.

Real listening is a state of meditation
and it is the wisest person
who listens the deepest.

To communicate everything
and listen to the depth
of each others being
is the basic commitment of real love.
It is the commitment to always
put the heart over
the separate powers of the mind
which does not want to listen.

We need safe non-separate environments
in which communication
is made easy so love is made easy.
Communication is made easy when
there is much love
and desire to understand each other.

To listen is to suffer
because we do not want to listen
to anything
that might require a change.
To listen is to change.
We cannot change
without listening.
Listening implies a change.
We need to change just to listen.

HeartHealth

Our capacity for love grows automatically
as we learn to communicate and listen
from deeper levels of being.

SKY OF MIND

For a Friend

A Tag for my Boy

A personal Tag

an unassigned "tag"

Truth in Advertising

A Valentines e-Card

an unassigned "tag"

made this for a friend

My 03 e-Card

SKY CASTLES

The Psychology of Touch

Beings in union love each other, touch each other,
need each other, heal each other.
We are here on earth to touch each other physically,
as well as spiritually, emotionally and mentally.

Holy Touch, Holy Love, Needed Affection
Our temples United Flowing with The Cosmic Current.
We bathe ourselves in the Holy Well,
Every Remnant of Separation Cast Aside
Our Hearts Open, Our Being Sore
Our Souls Unite. Total Fusion
No Shame
The Garden Reclaimed

* ---- Quote for 12/3/04 ----*

*---- Quote of the Day ----*

Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier
struggle. To some a blessing. To others a curse. It is in
reality the ability to reach inside yourself and drag forth
from your very soul an idea.
--Lou Dorfsman