Dawning with Color: Because it's the right thing to do

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Life Got In the Way

Yes. Life did get in the way.

But then, it's the living of life that makes us.
Both the good and the bad things that happen while living our lives.

Sometimes it seems there is a lot more bad than good.
Right now is one of those times.

Yesterday a dear friend died.
I had the pleasure of being able to take care of her, keep her comfortable, and even to give her comfort during her last day with us.

For that I am thankful.

Every person has a purpose.

I believe that my purpose is most often as a caretaker.

And usually I don't mind giving comfort, offering support, being there when others need a shoulder or a body to lean on.

Right now...
there have been too many deaths in my circle of friends for me to bear.

Sheila Kaye Davis 1976-2011

I will persevere.
I will carry on.
I will because there is no other choice but to go on.

And by so doing I will honor my friends who have left me behind...
Cindy and Sheila...

I'm the one that's left... I'll try to make you all proud of me.

And I'll try to get back to blogging regularly and my diet and...

well, Living My Life!

Friday Foto Feature

Yes! It's Back!

Seeing the World thru the eyes of BratChild...

Friends

Nature

BratChild's Favorite Charity.... BECAUSE IT"S THE RIGHT THING TO DO!

TWLOHA

Providing Support and Suicide Prevention for Teens

Saturday, March 12, 2011

To Everything.... There Is A Season...

Gather yourselves!
Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary.
All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones that we have been waiting for.”

- The Elders, Oraibi, Arizona Hopi Nation

I stumbled across these words that are part of a message to the Hopi Nation from their Elders.

These words, this message, to me, is not just for those people living on a reservation in Arizona...

These words should be read and taken to heart by

All. People.

Everywhere.

We live in a time of finger pointing and blame.

A time where it is more common to sue thy neighbor for slights and insults...
Real and Imagined.

We live in a place that is over crowded and over used...

A time and place that is being destroyed by the very beings that it supports and nurtures..

And in this time and place, We the People, complain about the lack of space, the lack of privacy, the lack of resources...

But WE do nothing to fix the problems.

WE, the public in general, the users of the oil and the energy and the food and the air...

WE do not claim accountability for our actions...

WE. Are. Wrong.

The Elders are so very right...

WE ARE THE ONES WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR

It's time to grow up and face the consequences of our actions and of those who have gone before ...

Unless WE really are that selfish and don't care what kind of world we are bequeathing our children....

You know, like those business tycoons who at the turn of the last century made their fortunes off the suffering of the overworked and underpaid peons of society...while they built mansions and lived lives of privilege and excess.

Theirs is not a legacy I wish to emulate.

Do You?

TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON....