Total Health Is:
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photo by Craig Smith
"A feeling of being one with all of nature;
One with the ocean, one with the heavens.
What we live for is this union which completes us.
Being vulnerable, yet exhilarated
By the energy of love
Making us whole.
Being daring and letting go
Without anyone having to push us,
We get back what we give ~
It's the spherical way of life."
~ Patty Ann Smith
Rigor Vitae: Life Unyielding (click here)
If you want to learn more about nature and art, checkout this thoroughly beautiful and educational site of nature and wildlife artist, Carel Brest van Kempen.
Nourishment for Body, Mind, and Spirit
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photo by Patty Ann Smith
Being out in nature "takes the edge off" and allows us to be more happy, loving, and serene. Even if it's only for a little while at a time, it's really worth it.
But "The Times They Are A-Changin' "
photo/art by Craig Smith
"Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall.
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin' "
~ words of wisdom from the One and Only Bob Dylan
A Lily for Peace
photo by Craig Smith
"Everyone jump upon the peace train"
In the words of Cat Stevens:
"Now I've been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be, someday it's going to come."
Chicks are "Moms", too!
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Here are just a few of the lyrics I love from 2 of the 12 great songs on the Dixie Chicks new CD "TAKING THE LONG WAY ( http://www.dixiechicks.com ):
"Sunday morning, I heard the preacher say
Thou shall not kill
I don't wanna hear nothing else about killing
And that it's God's will
'Cause our children are watching us
They put their trust in us
They're gonna be like us
So let's learn from our history
And do it differently
I hope, for more love, more joy and laughter
I hope, you'll have more than you'll ever need
I hope, you'll have more happy ever after
I hope, we can all live more fearlessly
And, we can lose all the pain and misery
I hope, I hope" (from the song "I Hope")
and these words from a mother to her child in the song "Lullaby":
"I slip in bed when you're asleep
To hold you close and feel your breath on me
Tomorrow there'll be so much to do
So tonight I'll drift in a dream with you
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough, is forever enough
How long do you want to be loved
Is forever enough
Cause I'm never, never giving you up"
You and I Are One
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What we do to each other and the earth, we do to ourselves.
"The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love." ~ Rev. William Sloane Coffin
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"An Inconvenient Truth"
Global warming is "a planetary emergency" and Al Gore's book about our planetary emergency is "An Inconvenient Truth". The book is available beginning today, May 24, wherever books are sold!
In an April 28, 2006 NEWSWEEK interview by Eleanor Clift, Al Gore says:
"The relationship between our civilization and the earth has been radically transformed. Global warming is by far the most serious manifestation of the collision ~ and Mother Nature is making the evidence ever more obvious. Scientific studies have been coming out right and left over the last several years that connect various parts of the overall picture to the whole. And by whatever means, a lot of people have been absorbing this message, and they're now saying, "Wait a minute, we really have to do something about this."
"There is only this extremely pliable moment now." ~ L. J. Carroll
Be there!
"Aloha"! :)
Patty
On Being an Instrument of Peace
Excerpts from "Make Me an Instrument of Peace" by Cindy Sheehan:
"Non-violence should always be the means we use to solve problems, from our nuclear family life all the way up to the office of the most powerful person in the world. Peace is not an absence of conflict, but resolving conflict non-violently."
"Being an instrument of peace is immensely more important than working for peace. Our entire lives must radiate this peace. We must be peace to have peace. I am coming into an understanding of this as I strive for true and lasting peace. Being anti-war is not enough. If we are solely anti-war, when the war is over the movement will be over."
"Hatred and frustration are the fuels of violence and terrorism."
"I also am convinced that religious fundamentalism is the root and cause of much of the violence throughout history and even up until today. The leaders of our world know and exploit the fact that humans will blindly and brainlessly follow a religious symbol into a war more quickly and readily than we will follow a flag or standard....We should never allow ourselves to follow false prophets to doom."
"If I didn't truly believe that the efforts of the progressive peace movement would not prevail over the darkness of the blatant disregard for truth, justice, and all human life....I would lie in bed all day staring at the walls in grief and depression!"
"Oh master, grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love with all my soul."
(St. Francis of Assisi)
You can read this in its entirety under "Essays/Poems" at Gold Star Families for Peace www.gsfp.org
I'm Workin' For The World I Want To Live In
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photo by Craig Smith
"You can transform your life if you are open to changing the way you think, get rid of religious fears, and fill your day with love." ~ Patty Ann Smith
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