Guest guest Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 --- May I have permission to send to to a friend who could really use this,,, Rose In , Elizabeth Otto <imlizardqueen2003> wrote: > I get down once in awhile with all of the spraying and the health issues that I am constantly researching about. Somedays I just ask myself why bother? Then along comes an email that sets me back on the right path and shakes me up to the fact that i can't change everything but there are things that I can and am doing that does make a difference in others lives as well as my own. The following is something I received right after I posted one of my I am tired of it all posts. I know I am here for a reason and after reading this it gives me hope and strength to keep going. Hope it helps some of you, too! > > This is sent with much love and respect for all of you!! > > Lizzie S.C. > > Inspiration > by Clarissa Pinkola Estes > > My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world right now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters most to civilized, visionary people. > > You are right in your assessments. The lustre and hubris some have aspired to while endorsing acts so heinous against children, elders, everyday people, the poor, the unguarded, the helpless, is breathtaking. Yet, I urge you, ask you, gentle you, to please not spend your spirit dry by bewailing these difficult times. Especially do not lose hope. Most particularly because, the fact is that we were made for these times. Yes. For years, we have been learning, practicing, been in training for and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement... > > I grew up on the Great Lakes and recognize a seaworthy vessel when I see one. Regarding awakened souls, there have never been more able vessels in the waters than there are right now across the world. And they are fully provisioned and able to signal one another as never before in the history of humankind... Look out over the prow; there are millions of boats of righteous souls on the waters with you. Even though your veneers may shiver from every wave in this stormy roil, I assure you that the long timbers composing your prow and rudder come from a greater forest. That long-grained lumber is known to withstand storms, to hold together, to hold its own, and to advance, regardless. > > In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over how much is wrong or unmended in the world. Do not focus on that. There is a tendency too to fall into being weakened by dwelling on what is outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Do not focus there. That is spending the wind without raising the sails. We are needed, that is all we can know. And though we meet resistance, we more so will meet great souls who will hail us, love us and guide us, and we will know them when they appear. Didn't you say you were a believer? Didn't you say you pledged to listen to a voice greater? Didn't you ask for grace? Don't you remember that to be in grace means to submit to the voice greater?... > > Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take " everyone on Earth " to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale. > > One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these - to be fierce and to show mercy toward others, both, are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it. If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do. > > There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it; I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate. The reason is this: In my uttermost bones I know something, as do you. It is that there can be no despair when you remember why you came to Earth, who you serve, and who sent you here. The good words we say and the good deeds we do are not ours: They are the words and deeds of the One who brought us here. In that spirit, I hope you will write this on your wall: When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for. > > This comes with much love and a prayer that you remember who you came from, and why you came to this beautiful, needful Earth. > > Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D > Author of the best seller Women Who Run with the Wolves > Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D > Author of the best seller Women Who Run with the Wolves > > > > > > " ALL TRUTH PASSES THROUGH THREE > STAGES. FIRST IT IS RIDICULED, SECOND > IT IS VIOLENTLY OPPOSED, AND THIRD... > IT IS ACCEPTED AS SELF-EVIDENT. " > - Arthur Schopenhauer - > German Philosopher, 1788-1860 > > > > Mail – CNET Editors' Choice 2004. Tell them what you think. a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Go for it share! Walt - rose_t_koubek Tuesday, October 19, 2004 6:13 AM Re: Just When I Think I Have Had It!!!permissions to sent to a friend --- May I have permission to send to to a friend who could really use this,,, RoseIn , Elizabeth Otto <imlizardqueen2003> wrote:> I get down once in awhile with all of the spraying and the health issues that I am constantly researching about. Somedays I just ask myself why bother? Then along comes an email that sets me back on the right path and shakes me up to the fact that i can't change everything but there are things that I can and am doing that does make a difference in others lives as well as my own. The following is something I received right after I posted one of my I am tired of it all posts. I know I am here for a reason and after reading this it gives me hope and strength to keep going. Hope it helps some of you, too!> > This is sent with much love and respect for all of you!!> > Lizzie S.C.> > Inspiration> by Clarissa Pinkola Estes> > My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world right now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters most to civilized, visionary people. > > You are right in your assessments. The lustre and hubris some have aspired to while endorsing acts so heinous against children, elders, everyday people, the poor, the unguarded, the helpless, is breathtaking. Yet, I urge you, ask you, gentle you, to please not spend your spirit dry by bewailing these difficult times. Especially do not lose hope. Most particularly because, the fact is that we were made for these times. Yes. For years, we have been learning, practicing, been in training for and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement... > > I grew up on the Great Lakes and recognize a seaworthy vessel when I see one. Regarding awakened souls, there have never been more able vessels in the waters than there are right now across the world. And they are fully provisioned and able to signal one another as never before in the history of humankind... Look out over the prow; there are millions of boats of righteous souls on the waters with you. Even though your veneers may shiver from every wave in this stormy roil, I assure you that the long timbers composing your prow and rudder come from a greater forest. That long-grained lumber is known to withstand storms, to hold together, to hold its own, and to advance, regardless. > > In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over how much is wrong or unmended in the world. Do not focus on that. There is a tendency too to fall into being weakened by dwelling on what is outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Do not focus there. That is spending the wind without raising the sails. We are needed, that is all we can know. And though we meet resistance, we more so will meet great souls who will hail us, love us and guide us, and we will know them when they appear. Didn't you say you were a believer? Didn't you say you pledged to listen to a voice greater? Didn't you ask for grace? Don't you remember that to be in grace means to submit to the voice greater?... > > Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take "everyone on Earth" to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale. > > One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these - to be fierce and to show mercy toward others, both, are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it. If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do. > > There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it; I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate. The reason is this: In my uttermost bones I know something, as do you. It is that there can be no despair when you remember why you came to Earth, who you serve, and who sent you here. The good words we say and the good deeds we do are not ours: They are the words and deeds of the One who brought us here. In that spirit, I hope you will write this on your wall: When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for. > > This comes with much love and a prayer that you remember who you came from, and why you came to this beautiful, needful Earth. > > Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D> Author of the best seller Women Who Run with the Wolves> Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D> Author of the best seller Women Who Run with the Wolves> > > > > > "ALL TRUTH PASSES THROUGH THREE > STAGES. FIRST IT IS RIDICULED, SECOND > IT IS VIOLENTLY OPPOSED, AND THIRD... > IT IS ACCEPTED AS SELF-EVIDENT." > - Arthur Schopenhauer - > German Philosopher, 1788-1860> > > > Mail – CNET Editors' Choice 2004. Tell them what you think. a«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§ - PULSE ON WORLD HEALTH CONSPIRACIES! §Subscribe:......... - To :.... - Any information here in is for educational purpose only, it may be news related, purely speculation or someone's opinion. Always consult with a qualified health practitioner before deciding on any course of treatment, especially for serious or life-threatening illnesses.**COPYRIGHT NOTICE**In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107,any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 ---> Hi Rose!! You can send this onto anyone that you think would benefit from it. It was sent through another group that I belong to and it came at a time when I was feeling helpless and a little down. God always sends us what we need at just the right time doesn't he? With Love and Light Elizabeth S.C. > --- May I have permission to send to to a friend who could really > use this,,, Rose > > > > In , Elizabeth Otto > <imlizardqueen2003> wrote: > > I get down once in awhile with all of the spraying and the health > issues that I am constantly researching about. Somedays I just ask > myself why bother? Then along comes an email that sets me back on > the right path and shakes me up to the fact that i can't change > everything but there are things that I can and am doing that does > make a difference in others lives as well as my own. The following > is something I received right after I posted one of my I am tired of > it all posts. I know I am here for a reason and after reading this > it gives me hope and strength to keep going. Hope it helps some of > you, too! > > > > This is sent with much love and respect for all of you!! > > > > Lizzie S.C. > > > > Inspiration > > by Clarissa Pinkola Estes > > > > My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I > have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly > bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our > world right now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and > often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters > most to civilized, visionary people. > > > > You are right in your assessments. The lustre and hubris some have > aspired to while endorsing acts so heinous against children, elders, > everyday people, the poor, the unguarded, the helpless, is > breathtaking. Yet, I urge you, ask you, gentle you, to please not > spend your spirit dry by bewailing these difficult times. Especially > do not lose hope. Most particularly because, the fact is that we > were made for these times. Yes. For years, we have been learning, > practicing, been in training for and just waiting to meet on this > exact plain of engagement... > > > > I grew up on the Great Lakes and recognize a seaworthy vessel when > I see one. Regarding awakened souls, there have never been more able > vessels in the waters than there are right now across the world. And > they are fully provisioned and able to signal one another as never > before in the history of humankind... Look out over the prow; there > are millions of boats of righteous souls on the waters with you. > Even though your veneers may shiver from every wave in this stormy > roil, I assure you that the long timbers composing your prow and > rudder come from a greater forest. That long-grained lumber is known > to withstand storms, to hold together, to hold its own, and to > advance, regardless. > > > > In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over > how much is wrong or unmended in the world. Do not focus on that. > There is a tendency too to fall into being weakened by dwelling on > what is outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Do not focus > there. That is spending the wind without raising the sails. We are > needed, that is all we can know. And though we meet resistance, we > more so will meet great souls who will hail us, love us and guide > us, and we will know them when they appear. Didn't you say you were > a believer? Didn't you say you pledged to listen to a voice greater? > Didn't you ask for grace? Don't you remember that to be in grace > means to submit to the voice greater?... > > > > Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but > of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our > reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another > soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help > immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will > cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What is > needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, > adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not > take " everyone on Earth " to bring justice and peace, but only a > small, determined group who will not give up during the first, > second, or hundredth gale. > > > > One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to > intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul > on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws > sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper > matters to catch fire. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy > times like these - to be fierce and to show mercy toward others, > both, are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity. Struggling > souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to > show it. If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the > strongest things you can do. > > > > There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too have > felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for > it; I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate. > The reason is this: In my uttermost bones I know something, as do > you. It is that there can be no despair when you remember why you > came to Earth, who you serve, and who sent you here. The good words > we say and the good deeds we do are not ours: They are the words and > deeds of the One who brought us here. In that spirit, I hope you > will write this on your wall: When a great ship is in harbor and > moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what > great ships are built for. > > > > This comes with much love and a prayer that you remember who you > came from, and why you came to this beautiful, needful Earth. > > > > Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D > > Author of the best seller Women Who Run with the Wolves > > Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D > > Author of the best seller Women Who Run with the Wolves > > > > > > > > > > > > " ALL TRUTH PASSES THROUGH THREE > > STAGES. FIRST IT IS RIDICULED, SECOND > > IT IS VIOLENTLY OPPOSED, AND THIRD... > > IT IS ACCEPTED AS SELF-EVIDENT. " > > - Arthur Schopenhauer - > > German Philosopher, 1788-1860 > > > > > > > > Mail – CNET Editors' Choice 2004. Tell them what you > think. a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 thanks!!!!!!!RoseElizabeth <imlizardqueen2003 wrote: ---> Hi Rose!! You can send this onto anyone that you think would benefit from it. It was sent through another group that I belong to and it came at a time when I was feeling helpless and a little down. God always sends us what we need at just the right time doesn't he? With Love and Light Elizabeth S.C.> --- May I have permission to send to to a friend who could really > use this,,, Rose> > > > In , Elizabeth Otto > <imlizardqueen2003> wrote:> > I get down once in awhile with all of the spraying and the health > issues that I am constantly researching about. Somedays I just ask > myself why bother? Then along comes an email that sets me back on > the right path and shakes me up to the fact that i can't change > everything but there are things that I can and am doing that does > make a difference in others lives as well as my own. The following > is something I received right after I posted one of my I am tired of > it all posts. I know I am here for a reason and after reading this > it gives me hope and strength to keep going. Hope it helps some of > you, too!> > > > This is sent with much love and respect for all of you!!> > > > Lizzie S.C.> > > > Inspiration> > by Clarissa Pinkola Estes> > > > My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I > have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly > bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our > world right now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and > often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters > most to civilized, visionary people. > > > > You are right in your assessments. The lustre and hubris some have > aspired to while endorsing acts so heinous against children, elders, > everyday people, the poor, the unguarded, the helpless, is > breathtaking. Yet, I urge you, ask you, gentle you, to please not > spend your spirit dry by bewailing these difficult times. Especially > do not lose hope. Most particularly because, the fact is that we > were made for these times. Yes. For years, we have been learning, > practicing, been in training for and just waiting to meet on this > exact plain of engagement... > > > > I grew up on the Great Lakes and recognize a seaworthy vessel when > I see one. Regarding awakened souls, there have never been more able > vessels in the waters than there are right now across the world. And > they are fully provisioned and able to signal one another as never > before in the history of humankind... Look out over the prow; there > are millions of boats of righteous souls on the waters with you. > Even though your veneers may shiver from every wave in this stormy > roil, I assure you that the long timbers composing your prow and > rudder come from a greater forest. That long-grained lumber is known > to withstand storms, to hold together, to hold its own, and to > advance, regardless. > > > > In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over > how much is wrong or unmended in the world. Do not focus on that. > There is a tendency too to fall into being weakened by dwelling on > what is outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Do not focus > there. That is spending the wind without raising the sails. We are > needed, that is all we can know. And though we meet resistance, we > more so will meet great souls who will hail us, love us and guide > us, and we will know them when they appear. Didn't you say you were > a believer? Didn't you say you pledged to listen to a voice greater? > Didn't you ask for grace? Don't you remember that to be in grace > means to submit to the voice greater?... > > > > Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but > of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our > reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another > soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help > immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will > cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good. What is > needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, > adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not > take "everyone on Earth" to bring justice and peace, but only a > small, determined group who will not give up during the first, > second, or hundredth gale. > > > > One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to > intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul > on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws > sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper > matters to catch fire. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy > times like these - to be fierce and to show mercy toward others, > both, are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity. Struggling > souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to > show it. If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the > strongest things you can do. > > > > There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too have > felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for > it; I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate. > The reason is this: In my uttermost bones I know something, as do > you. It is that there can be no despair when you remember why you > came to Earth, who you serve, and who sent you here. The good words > we say and the good deeds we do are not ours: They are the words and > deeds of the One who brought us here. In that spirit, I hope you > will write this on your wall: When a great ship is in harbor and > moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what > great ships are built for. > > > > This comes with much love and a prayer that you remember who you > came from, and why you came to this beautiful, needful Earth. > > > > Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D> > Author of the best seller Women Who Run with the Wolves> > Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D> > Author of the best seller Women Who Run with the Wolves> > > > > > > > > > > > "ALL TRUTH PASSES THROUGH THREE > > STAGES. FIRST IT IS RIDICULED, SECOND > > IT IS VIOLENTLY OPPOSED, AND THIRD... > > IT IS ACCEPTED AS SELF-EVIDENT." > > - Arthur Schopenhauer - > > German Philosopher, 1788-1860> > > > > > > > Mail – CNET Editors' Choice 2004. Tell them what you > think. a«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§ - PULSE ON WORLD HEALTH CONSPIRACIES! §Subscribe:......... - To :.... - Any information here in is for educational purpose only, it may be news related, purely speculation or someone's opinion. Always consult with a qualified health practitioner before deciding on any course of treatment, especially for serious or life-threatening illnesses.**COPYRIGHT NOTICE**In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107,any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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