HOW WE STAY AFLOAT –
“We must live and
work together as a
group to ensure that in
a storm our ship does not
sink and our members do not
perish. With faith in a Pow-
er greater than ourselves,
hard work, and unity we
will survive … .” (The
Basic Text, p. 63)
ENJOY THE FREEDOM OF INTERDEPENDENCE –
“Our whole trea-
sured philosophy of
self-sufficiency had to
be cast aside. This had
not been done with old-
fashioned willpower; it was
instead a matter of develop-
ing the willingness to accept
these new facts of living.
We neither ran nor fought.
But accept we did. And
then we were free.”
(Best of the Grape-
vine, p. 198)
“Faith is tak-
ing the first step
even when you don’t
see the whole
staircase.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 1968) U.S. civil rights leader
The Useful Seven Principles of Kwanzaa (10:18)
Waterfall Serenity Meditation (8 HOURS)
Unstoppable Extended Mix – Afrojack (5:43)
What have you done to promote any one of the 7 Kwanzaa spiritual principles of unity, self-determination, collective work, responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity or faith, lately?
The Peacock and The Crane.
T here was a peacock who often boasted about his beauty. Everyday he walked to the banks of a large lake and looked his own reflections and said “Oh! What a beautiful bird I am! Look at my colourful tail”.
Once the peacock saw a crane on the banks of the lake. He said with a sneer to the crane, “What a colourless bird you are! You have no beautiful and colourful feathers like mine”.
The crane replied, “Of course! I don’t have beautiful feathers. But, my feathers can make me fly across the lake. Can your feathers make you fly?” There was no reply from the peacock. (http://www.english-for-students.com/The-Peacock-and-The-Crane-1.html)
This year is drawing to a close. Always a time of reflection, recollection, and forgiveness. I love the quotation by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. This helps me to see that although I fear intimacy, I am also interested in finding spirits who share a caring and love for all living creatures (the planet itself is alive – the very rocks and mountains still remember the heat and fire of inner earth). So, two intentions so far – finding those who want to love and nourish the planet and all those on it; and to work on my fear of intimacy. Namaste.
I became overtired and lost it on my sister (sent a nasty email). I forgot HALT. Then I apologized and was able to let myself be human for making a mistake. I think that’s okay.
Me too.