musings from the mountains: July 2008

Go Outside and Play!

“Go outside and play!” said God.
“I have given you Universes
as fields to run free in!
And here—take this and wrap yourself in it—It’s called:
LOVE
and It will always, always keep you warm.
And stars! The sun and the moon and the stars!
Look upon these often, for they will remind you
of your own light!
And eyes…oh, gaze into the eyes of every Lover.
Gaze into the eyes of every other
for they have given you their Universes
as fields to run free in.
There.
I have given you everything you need.
Now go, go, go outside and play!”

‘Go Outside and Play’ © 2007 Em Claire

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

FULL JULY MOON...

July moon, known as both the Buck Moon for the deer who begin to develop their antlers and the Thunderstorm Moon with which we can all identify around here...

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A VERY SPECIAL HOMECOMING...

In a few days, Cousin Flo and Darby Dog will be reunited and returning to their beautiful and cozy home at the lake. After an extended and harrowing stay in the hospital, Cousin Flo is coming home healthy !!and we are all full of gratitude and thanks for the miracle we have received...

Clair Lynch says in best in this beautiful song of praise to our Creator...

There's a swing on the backporch where I sit in the morning, When the sun is slowly rising with a Bible on my knee At the last swallow of coffee, I'll just sit there in your presence for a while, let your spirit come and move all over me

Thank you Lord for everything you've given me, you've provided every need both big and small More than all of the blessings that you pour out everyday, you're presence is my favorite gift of all

Sometimes late at nite when the kids (& Darby) are asleep I'll go out in the yard and just listen to the night And I can feel you Holy Spirit as a Whipporwill leads nature in a Praise song and every critter in the forest seems to cry out

Thank you Lord, for everything you've given me You've provided every need both big and small, More than all of the blessings that you pour out everyday, Your presence is my favorite gift of all.

AGE OLD WISDOM...

If you can start the day without caffeine or pep pills,
If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles
If you can eat the same food everyday and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when loved ones are too busy to give you time,
If you can overlook when people take things out on you when, through no fault of yours, something goes wrong,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
If you can face the world without lies and deceit,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without liquor,
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,

well...hell...you're probably a dog!
~Author unknown

LIVING THE WISDOM OF THE TAO...

One who would guide a leader of men in the uses of life will warn him against the use of arms for conquest. Weapons often turn upon the wielder.

Where armies settle, nature offers nothing but briars and thorns. After a great battle has been fought, the land is cursed, the crops fail, the earth lies stripped of its Motherhood.

After you have attained your purpose, you must not parade your success, you must not boast of your ability, you must not feel proud; you must rather regret that you had not been able to prevent the war.

You must never think of conquering others by force. Whatever strains with force will soon decay. It is not attued to the Way. Not being attuned to the Way, its end comes all too soon.
~Lao tzu
Tao Te Ching

PRAYER

Lord, make me an instrument of Your
Peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow
love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt,faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much
seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to
understand;
To be loved as to love;
For it is in giving that we
receive;
It is in pardoning that we are
pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal
light.
St. Francis of
Assisi

(1182-1226)

musings from the mountains

Go Outside and Play!

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Sunday, July 27, 2008

THE BOYS...

Saturday, July 26, 2008

MORE FAVORITES...

Thursday, July 24, 2008

FLOATING FLOWER...

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

FULL JULY MOON...

A VERY SPECIAL HOMECOMING...

Saturday, July 5, 2008

WISDOM...

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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