“No one who is trying to be themselves will be free from tragedy. External circumstances will forever continue to frustrate us on our way. We are so conditioned to the expectation of the worst that we have become suspicious of peace, joy and love and are certain that when we experience joy, horror must be just around the corner. We cannot stop a hurricane, silence a storm or keep a loved one from leaving us. But it is our response and reaction to these catastrophic experiences that will determine whether we will continue to survive and grow toward becoming a fully functioning person. This is another way of saying that fully functioning persons use pain and joy equally in determining themselves. They can either relinquish the responsibility for their lives to outside forces such as society, family, friends, or lovers, or they can assume the bittersweet responsibility of their own self-creation.”
My happiness is me, not you. Not only because you may be temporary, but also because you want me to be what I am not.
I cannot be happy when I change merely to satisfy your selfishness nor can I feel content when you criticize me for not thinking your thoughts, for not seeing like you.
You call me a rebel, yet for each time I have rejected your beliefs, you have rebelled against mine.
I do not try to mold your mind. I know you are trying hard enough to be just you and I cannot allow you to tell me what to be, for I am concentrating on being me.
You said I was transparent and easily forgotten but why then did you try to use my lifetime to prove to yourself what you are?
“Indeed, we are our own happiness and each time we have strayed from ourselves we have been led to despair. We cannot find ourselves in others. We cannot live for others nor can we use them for our own self-affirmation. We cannot always be what others want us to be, for what they want may not be what we are and that is all that we have. We can only rely upon ourselves. This is such a simple fact, yet it is perhaps the greatest single cause of human psychological struggle and pain. It is often easier to become what others desire but in so doing we relinquish our dreams, abandon our hopes and ignore our needs. This leaves one feeling abandoned, weakened and impotent, without a genuine self.” ~ Leo Buscaglia
Native American feathers are an important symbol of the Indian way of life.
It is used to represent freedom, power, wisdom, honor, trust, strength, and much more. Feathers were seen in wardrobes, headpieces, adorning their homes, and tattooed on their bodies.
The Native American feather was given as a sign of respect and honor. A Native American who had a personal accomplishment or achieved something great for the tribe was often given feathers by chiefs or elders as a symbol of strength.
The Native American with the most feathers in his headdress is usually the chief.
One must complete a brave deed in order to be given one of these feathers.
For example, coming back from battle after conquering the enemy or returning from a hunt with food for the tribe would most likely earn a Native American feather.
The feather could only be worn once the Indian has retold their story of bravery in front of an assembled tribal court.
Being given a feather of any kind was considered a gift.
However, the feathers of Bald and Golden Eagles are considered the most prestigious. This is because Native Americans believe that because these eagles soar so high in the air they have a connection with the heavens. Eagles are believed to be sent by the gods. Eagles are the most important of all Native American feathers, because they are supposed to be the superior species of bird.
Once a Native American feather is given to a tribesman it must be displayed proudly.
It can be hung in the home, or attached to an article of clothing.
It is considered disrespectful to place the feather somewhere it can not be seen.
The individual in possession of the Native American feather is also responsible for its well being.
It must be cared for and kept out of harms way. It should be seen as a daily reminder of how one should behave.
It should be kept clean and never touch the ground for any reason.
Did you know that one of the first coins in the world had a bee symbol on them?
Did you know that there are live enzymes in honey?
Did you know that in contact with metal spoon these enzymes die? The best way to eat honey is with wooden spoon, if you can’t find one, use plastic.
Did you know that honey contains a substance that helps your brain work better?
Did you know that honey is one of the rare foods on earth that alone can sustain human life?
Did you know that bees saved people in Africa from starvation?
One spoon of honey is enough to sustain human life for 24 hours?
Did you know that propolis that bees produce is one of the most powerful natural ANTIBIOTICS?
Did you know that honey has no expiration date?
Did you know that the bodies of the great emperors of the world were buried in golden coffins and then covered with honey to prevent putrefaction?
Did you know that the term “HONEY MOON” comes from the fact that newlyweds consumed honey for fertility after the wedding?
Did you know that a bee lives less than 40 days, visits at least 1000 flowers and produces less than a teaspoon of honey, but for her it is a lifetime.
If you were “placed” in a narcissistic family at birth, it’s because they knew your potential power. This was intentional, to destroy your self-worth, to crush your spirit through rejection, demeaning treatments, and suffering. You were placed in poor situations to encourage drug and alcohol addictions. It’s a distraction from who you truly are, and what you are truly capable of … your mission.
Now is the time to know that all you do is sacred.
Now, why not consider a lasting truce with yourself and God?
Now is the time to understand that all your ideas of right and wrong were just a child’s training wheels to be laid aside when you can finally live with veracity and love.
Hafiz is a divine envoy whom the beloved has written a holy message upon.
My dear, please tell me, why do you still throw sticks at your heart and God?
What is it in that sweet voice inside that incites you to fear?
Now is the time for the world to know that every thought and action is sacred. This is the time for you to deeply compute the impossibility that there is anything but Grace.
Now is the season to know that everything you do is sacred.
When you see a homeless person, who is scraping to get by, still able to smile … or a prostitute, or a mentally, or otherwise, incarcerated person … be wary of how you treat them. Many of them are God’s chosen people.
They insert themselves into the lowliest places, the roughest and toughest and dimmest places, to bring the light, to gather authentic information, to write their testimony. How do you suppose they will describe the world? You and me?
When the polar shift happens and suddenly they receive their divine inheritance, what testimony will they give the Most High? About you? About me?
If you’ve ever had hardship, you added the experience, all of the experiences, and who did and said what, who stood for you and who couldn’t care less, to your personal testimony. This really needs to be considered when we think of others if we are to be so bold as to be in this world as some sort of authority.
The testimonies of the so-called undesirables will be very intense, unbelievable stories of how they experienced people in this world.
They will not sugar coat their testimony. They’ll describe the truth of the experience, the truth of the state of the collective, as a whole.
Will the Most High be lenient when he receives these testimonies? When he reads the Akashic of his hidden warriors?
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