Wilderness

“Wilderness is…circular, unpredicatable, moving and changing.  Nature weaves around itself in an unending breath of life…That which is truly wild spills over the edges – onto our kitchen floors, into our love lives, through the sidewalk cracks, and in the form of dandelions and emotional outbursts.  One way to return to a lifestyle that is more organic and harmonious with the whole of nature is to get outside more often…to let the unpredictability of wildness touch the soulful longings within yourself.  Wilderness is innate to who we are.  You do not have to go far to find wildness, only as far as your own beating heart and the joy you find in life.” – Cass Adams The Soul Unearthed

“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook” William James

We must all become caretakers of the Earth.
 Gwaii Traditional Circle of Elders

Mother Earth is the source of all life. We should not only be concerned about
the part of the Earth we live on, but we should be concerned about the parts of the Earth that
other people live on. The Earth is one great whole. The trees in Brazil generate the air in the
United States. If the trees are cut in Brazil, it affects the air that all people breathe. Every
person needs to conscientiously think about how they respect the Earth. Do we dump our garbage
out of the car? Do we poison the water? Do we poison the air? Am I taking on the responsibility of
being a care-taker of the Earth?
Great Spirit, today, I will be aware of the Earth. I will be responsible.
By: Don Coyhis
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A Cherokee Feast Of Days- If we ignore everything beautiful and look down the road to some future time,
chances are it will be the same. This is the time, the e to a, the now, the present, to see the
dearness of other people, the chance to be grateful to enjoy. Why wait? Perfect times are
elusive. They create an atmosphere that life should be lived on some high emotional level instead of
experiencing the most ordinary times with the most extraordinary love. Time goes by. The peaks were
not what made life worthwhile but the in-between times that gave us a chance to stand in the
quiet of a wooded glen, even if it is just in our hearts, and know that love made it all worthwhile.
Love will continue to make each a giant of peace in our souls. I want to tell you if the Great Spirit
had chosen anyone to be chief of this country it is myself. SITTING BULL
By: Joyce Sequichie Hifler

 Little things speak to our hurts, Sounds, Fragrances, Music that would mean
nothing to others, reach into our souls to do work that the obvious could not touch. Simple
remedies can heal the deepest ills- a smile, a contented whistle of a passerby, the sound of birds
twittering at dusk-these things warm us and give us hope. But we have to listen for voices,
Inner and outer, to give us rest and turn away the negative talk, the negative circumstance .We
dont always believe we have a choice but we have more space there to work than we know. We can
no longer scoff at the power to help ourselves. We have a bigger hand in it than imagined, and it
is our decision to get down to business and be open to help and healing from unlikely sources.
Day and Night can not dwell together. Your religion was written on tables of stone, ours was
written on our hearts. Seattle By: Joyce Sequichie Hifler
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THINK on THESE THINGS
by Joyce Sequichie Hifler

Human dignity is that silent something in us that keeps us from falling below
the level where others look down on us to make light of our very existence. None
of us exists who cannot sense to some degree the feeling that others hold for
us. It may create in us a "show them" attitude that takes us through life more
successfully, but it will more likely destroy our desire to be anything more
than what is expected of us.

It is an appalling thing to see others impose their superiority upon the human
dignity of those whose literacy may not be equal to their own. Only profound
ignorance could convince anyone they have the right to see and idly judge
another's intelligence, or to insult the dignity of any human being.

The little silent people how have not yet discovered within themselves the
ability they need to lift themselves, still have the right and dignity of being
human. A small amount of respect and direction might start them on the road to
better things, though it might be all uphill. At least if they know it is all
uphill they may work harder and reach a place where they can look back at those
with lofty ideas about themselves, standing forever stagnant, and feel more
compassion than they could have ever felt.

"I owe no man anything but love" it is said. But what is love? Love is duty -
whatever duty may require to accomplish a good thing.

Love is peace. One must not only be peaceful but contribute to the peace of
others. Let there be peace and let it begin with me.

Love is sometimes pain. We must give up something that causes us pain because it
is for the good of the greatest number.

Love is understanding. That others do not have to forever explain their actions
to us. That we know their reasons without being told.

Love is courage. Courage to lead where one has the ability to lead. Courage to
stand up for what one believes in and wants to live.

Love is faith. Faith in God, faith in self, and faith in others. Everyone is not
above reproach, but we must have faith that the majority strive to be.

Coleridge wrote, "He prayeth best who loveth best," which seems to rule out all
hollow and self-heard prayers. For those who truly love do not hear themselves
only, or rule all life useless because they cannot pray or love.

Life can be as simple as love and prayer. Where the two mingle there can be no
jealousy, resentment, or fear.

Jealousy makes us compare our lot with another's. And there can be no
comparison, for no two people are alike.

Resentment plunges an otherwise logical soul into despair and an endless journey
of revenge.

And fear rushes us headlong into situations that detract, accidents that could
be prevented, and long delays in reaching our goals.

But if we can, for a few moments, invite into our hearts a thing called love,
then we can pray. And if we can pray we have the source of all answers to our aid.

There is much to be said of small things. Even in this age of emphasis on
bigness we must realize that bigness is only a mass of small things. An idea is
a small thing. With it we can change our world. We can take a tiny seen and give
it careful attention and reap a hundred fold. We can take a little idea and give
it our attention and build it into a fortune.

A smile is a small thing. Smile once at someone in passing and three will return
the smile. Smiling is so contagious that it moves from person to person until a
hundred smiling faces are the result of one.

A thought is a small thing. One thought inspires another and another until a
mental image is formed. From that mental image blueprints are drawn. And from
those blueprints worlds are built.

Hope is a small thing. One tiny glimmer of hope can lift us out of the deepest
pit of darkness. One whisper of encouragement will help us to know that as long
as there's hope there is an excellent chance.

A wish is a small thing. Like a prayer, it climbs the steps to an idea that
makes a smile and gives us hope to make our wishes come true. For in small
things are all great things formed, in little beginnings the possibilities of
great events.

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Some Quotes for you to Think About

The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places.- Author Unknown

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place. - Nora Roberts

Success...The key to success is to learn to do something right, then do it right every time.
- author unknown

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are

something to do, something to love and something 

to hope for". - Joseph Addison -

Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.
- Aldous Huxley

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.
- Mary Pickford

The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.
- Abraham Lincoln

It is common sense to take a method and try it; if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
- William Feather