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Oct 26, 2006 7:46 pm
775 Views |  | Cherokee Prayer Blessing
May the Warm Winds of Heaven
Blow softly upon your house.
May the Great Spirit
Bless all who enter there.
May your Mocassins
Make happy tracks
in many snows,
and may the Rainbow
Always touch your shoulder. |
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Oct 26, 2006 7:44 pm
798 Views |  | The Native American Ten Commandments
Treat the Earth and all that dwell therein with respect
Remain close to the Great Spirit
Show great respect for your fellow beings
Work together for the benefit of all Mankind
Give assistance and kindness wherever needed
Do what you know to be right
Look after the well-being of Mind and Body
Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater Good
Be truthful and honest at all times
Take full responsibility for your actions |
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Oct 9, 2006 7:16 pm
Mood: peaceful, 704 Views |  | Grandfather
There was grandfather, his little grandson often came in the evenings to sit at his knee and ask the many questions that children ask.
One day the grandson came to his grandfather with a look of anger on his face.
Grandfather said, "Come, sit, tell me what has happened today."
The child sat and leaned his chin on his Grandfather's knee. Looking up into the
wrinkled, nut brown face and the kind dark eyes; the child's anger turned to quiet tears.
The boy said, "I went to the town today with my father, to trade the furs he has collected over the past several months. I was happy to go,because father said that since I had helped him with the trapping, I could get something for me. Something that I wanted.
I was so excited to be in the trading post, I have not been there before. I looked at many things and finally found a metal knife! It was small, but good size for me, so father got it for me."
The boy laid his head against his grandfather's knee and became silent. The Grandfather, softly placed his hand on the boy's raven hair and said, "and then what happened?".
Without lifting his head, the boy said, "I went outside to wait for father, and to admire my new
knife in the sunlight. Some town boys came by and saw me, they got all around me and starting saying bad things.
They called me dirty and stupid and said that I should not have such a fine knife. The largest of these boys, pushed me back and I fell over one of the other boys. I dropped my knife and one of them snatched it up and they all ran away, laughing."
Here the boy's anger returned, "I hate them, I hate them all!"
The Grandfather, with eyes that have seen too much, lifted his grandson's face so his eyes looked into the boys.
Grandfather said, "Let me tell you a story. I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that have taken so much, with no sorrow for what they do.
But hate wears you down, and does not hurt your enemy. It is like taking poison and wishing your enemy would die.
I have struggled with these feelings many times. It is as if there are two wolves inside me, one is white and one is black. The White Wolf is good and does no harm. He lives in harmony with all
around him and does not take offense when no offense was intended. But will only fight when it is right to do so, and in the right way.
But, the Black Wolf, is full of anger. The littlest thing will set him into a fit of temper. He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason.
He cannot think because his anger and hate are so great. It is helpless anger, for his anger will change nothing.
Sometimes it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me, for both of them try to dominate my spirit."
The boy, looked intently into his Grandfather's eyes, and asked, "Which one wins Grandfather?"
The Grandfather, smiled and said, "The one I feed." |
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Oct 9, 2006 7:04 pm
Mood: nostalgic, 808 Views |  | I Sit Beside The Fire And Think
Of All That I Have Seen,
Of Meadow-Flowers And butterflies
In Summer's That Have Been;
Of Yellow Leaves And Gossamer
In Autumns That There Were,
With Morning Mist And Silver Sun
And Wind Upon My Hair.
I Sit Beside The Fire And Think
Of How The World Will Be
When Winter Comes Without A Spring
That I Shall Ever See.
For Still There Are So Many Things
That I Have Never Seen:
In Every Wood In Every Spring
There Is A Different Green.
I Sit Beside The Fire And Think
Of People Long Ago,
And People Who Will See A World
That I Shall Never Know.
But All The While I Sit And Think
Of Times There Were Before,
I Listen For Returning Feet
And Voices At The Door.
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkein |
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| A great poem |
Oct 9, 2006 5:30 pm
Mood: thankful, 776 Views |  | The Elf Emerges
While tending anothers garden,
The weeds crept in unseen
Slowly drawing life from me,
Overshadowing all that's green.
I glanced up from my labours,
And looked toward the sky,
With all the joy of living gone
And life just trudging by.
I protested in the silence,
Enraged at labours lost,
For loss of time and effort,
My soul at such a cost!
When did love and caring
Turn into dread and tears?
When did I accept such change,
And why for all these years?
In angered desperation,
I fled this path not mine,
To tend my inner garden,
To reclaim that which is mine.
I turned my back on failure,
And walked into the day,
Chose my life, chose myself,
Let others choose their way.
In doing so, I've found a path,
Emerging in full sun,
Encircled in a rainbow,
With elves that dance and run.
Where days are full of promise,
And work is shared and fun,
Where life is rich with living
With joyous nights as one.
"Home is where the heart is"
And where's your home today?
I've found mine and didn't know
I'd lost it 'long the way.
(Author Unknown) |
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| Colors of the Wind |
Oct 9, 2006 5:27 pm
Mood: thoughtful, 732 Views |  | Just the lyrics to a song that means a lot to me. You may remember it...
Color of the wind
Sung by Vanessa Williams
Think you own whatever land you land on
Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name
Think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You learn things you never knew
You never knew
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
Or ask the grinning bobcat why he grinned
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Come run the hidden pinetrails of the forest
Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once never wonder what they're worth
The rainstorm and the rivers are my brothers
And the heron and the otter are my friends
And we are all connected to each other
In a circle in a hoop that never ends
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
Or ask the grinning bobcat why he grinned
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
How high does the sycamore grow
If you cut it down, then you'll never know
And you'll never hear the wolf cry
To the blue corn moon
Or whether we are white or copper-skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains
To paint with all the colors of the wind
You can own the Earth and still all you'll own is earth
Until you can paint with all the colors of the wind |
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| Beaver Dam |
Oct 8, 2006 5:36 pm
Mood: amused, 836 Views |  | This was also forwarded to me.
This letter illustrates the sheer idiocy found with some state
bureaucrats and how one man responds with the intellegence and humor
they so obviously lack !
The Dam
This is an actual letter sent to a man named Ryan DeVries by the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Quality, State of
Pennsylvania. This guy's response is hilarious, but read the
State's letter before you get to the response letter.
SUBJECT: DEQ File No.97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Lycoming
County
Dear Mr. DeVries:
It has come to the attention of the Department of Environmental
Quality that there has been recent unauthorized activity on the
above referenced parcel of property. You have been certified as
the legal landowner and/or contractor who did the following
unauthorized activity:
Construction and maintenance of two wood debris dams across the
outlet stream of Spring Pond.
A permit must be issued prior to the start of this type of
activity.
A review of the Department's files shows that no permits have been
issued. Therefore, the Department has determined that this
activity is in violation of Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of
the Natural Resource and Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of
the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of
the Pennsylvania Compiled Laws, annotated.!
The Department has been informed that one or both of the dams
partially failed during a recent rain event, causing debris and
flooding at downstream locations. We find that dams of this nature
are inherently hazardous and cannot be permitted. The Department
therefore orders you to cease and desist all activities at this
location, and to restore the stream to a free-flow condition by
removing all wood and brush forming the dams from the stream
channel. All restoration work shall be completed no later than
January 31, 2006.
Please notify this office when the restoration has been completed
so that a follow-up site inspection may be scheduled by our staff.
Failure to comply with this request or any further unauthorized
activity on the site may result in this case being referred for
elevated enforcement action..
We anticipate and would appreciate your full cooperation in this
matter. Please feel free to contact me at this office if you have
any questions.
Sincerely,
David L. Price
District Representative and Water Management Division.
Here is the actual response sent back by Mr. DeVries:
Re: DEQ File No. 97-59-0023; T11N; R10W, Sec. 20; Lycoming County
Dear Mr. Price,
Your certified letter dated 12/17/02 has been handed to me to
respond to. I am the legal landowner but not the Contractor at
2088 Dagget Lane, Trout Run, Pennsylvania.
A couple of beavers are in the (State unauthorized) process of
constructing and maintaining two wood "debris" dams across the
outlet stream of my Spring Pond. While I did not pay for,
authorize, nor supervise their dam project, I think they would be
highly offended that you call their skillful use of natures
building materials "debris." I would like to challenge your
department to attempt to emulate their dam project any time and/or
any place you choose. I believe I can safely state there is no way
you could ever match their dam skills, their dam resourcefulness,
their dam ingenuity, their dam persistence, their dam
determination and/or their dam work ethic.
As to your request, I do not think the beavers are aware that they
must first fill out a dam permit prior to the start of this type
of dam activity.
My first dam question to you is:
(1) Are you trying to discriminate against my Spring Pond Beavers.
(2) Or do you require all beavers throughout this State to conform
to said dam request?
If you are not discriminating against these particular beavers,
through the Freedom of Information Act, I request completed copies
of all those other applicable beaver dam permits that have been
issued. Perhaps we will see if there really is a dam violation of
Part 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, of the Natural Resource and
Environmental Protection Act, Act 451 of the Public Acts of 1994,
being sections 324.30101 to 324.30113 of the Pennsylvania Compiled
Laws, annotated.
I have several concerns. My first concern is; aren't the beavers
entitled to legal representation? The Spring Pond Beavers are
financially destitute and are unable to pay for said
representation -- so the State will have to provide them with a
dam lawyer. The Department's dam concern that either one or both
of the dams failed during a recent rain event, causing flooding,
is proof that this is a natural occurrence, which the Department
is required to protect. In other words, we should leave the Spring
Pond Beavers alone rather than harassing them and calling their
dam names.
If you want the stream "restored" to a dam free-flow condition
please contact the beavers -- but if you are going to arrest them,
they obviously did not pay any attention to your dam letter, they
being unable to read English.
In my humble opinion, the Spring Pond Beavers have a right to
build their unauthorized dams as long as the sky is blue, the
grass is green and water flows downstream. They have more dam
rights than I do to live and enjoy Spring Pond. If the Department
of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection lives up to its
name, it should protect the natural resources (Beavers) and the
environment (Beavers' Dams).
So, as far as the beavers and I are concerned, this dam case can
be referred for more elevated enforcement action right now. Why
wait until 1/31/2006? The Spring Pond Beavers may be under the dam
ice then and there will be no way for you or your dam staff to
contact/harass them then.
In conclusion, I would like to bring to your attention to a real
environmental quality, health, problem in the area. It is the
bears! Bears are actually defecating in our woods. I definitely
believe you should be persecuting the defecating bears and leave
the beavers alone.
If you are going to investigate the beaver dam, watch your step!
The bears are not careful where they dump!
Being unable to comply with your dam request, and being unable to
contact you on your dam answering machine, I am sending this
response to your dam office.
THANK YOU.
RYAN DEVRIES & THE DAM BEAVERS |
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Oct 8, 2006 8:29 am
Mood: contemplative, 800 Views | The World's Village
Saturday, August 06, 2005
If Earth's population was shrunk into a village of just 100 people - with all
the human ratios existing in the world still remaining - here is what this tiny,
diverse village would look like:
- 57 would be Asian
- 21 would be European
- 14 would be from the Western Hemisphere
- 8 would be African
- 52 would be female
- 48 would be male
- 70 would be non-Christian
- 30 would be Christian
- 30 would be white
- 70 would be nonwhite
- 89 would be heterosexual
- 11 would be homosexual
- 6 people would possess 59 percent of the entire worlds wealth, and all 6 would
be from the United States.
- 80 would live in substandard housing
- 70 would be unable to read
- 50 would suffer from malnutrition
- 1 would be near death.
- 1 would be pregnant
- 1 would have a college education
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| So many blogs, so little time |
Oct 8, 2006 12:15 am
Mood: amused, 988 Views | Two years ago, I didn't know what a blog was. Today I post in my fourth...uh fifth blog... well whatever. First post on this one.
BRAIN CRAMPS
Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?
Answer: "I would not live forever, because we should not live forever,
because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever,
but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,"
--Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.
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"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world,
I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not
with all those flies and death and "stuff."
--Mariah Carey
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"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of
your life,"
--Brooke Shields, during an interview to become
Spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign.
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"I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body,"
--Winston Bennett,
University of Kentucky basketball forward.
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"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in
the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington, DC.
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"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are
the president."
--Hillary Clinton commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents.
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"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it,"
--A congressional candidate in Texas.
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"Half this game is ninety percent mental."
--Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark
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"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's
the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
--Al Gore, Vice President
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"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."
--Dan Quayle
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"We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?"
--Lee Iacocca
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"The word "genius" isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." -
--Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.
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"We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people."
--Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor.
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"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
--Bill Clinton, President
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"We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
--Al Gore,
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"Traditionally, most of Australia's imports come from overseas."
--Keppel Enderbery
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"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."
--Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina
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"If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record."
--Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman
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