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Motherhood
22:26 May 17 2007
Times Read: 636
The bravest battle that ever was fought!
Shall I tell you where and when?
On the maps of the world you will find it not;
'Twas fought by the mothers of men.
Nay not with the cannon of battle-shot,
With a sword or noble pen;
Nay, not with eloquent words or thought
From mouth of wonderful men!
But deep in a walled-up woman's heart --
Of a woman that would not yield,
But bravely, silently bore her part --
Lo, there is the battlefield!
No marshalling troops, no bivouac song,
No banner to gleam and wave;
But oh! those battles, they last so long --
From babyhood to the grave.
Yet, faithful still as a bridge of stars,
She fights in her walled-up town --
Fights on and on in her endless wars
Then silent, unseen, goes down.
Oh, ye with banners and battle-shot,
And soldiers to shout and praise!
I tell you the kingliest victories fought
Were fought in those silent ways.
O spotless woman in a world of shame,
With splendid and silent scorn,
Go back to God as white as you came --
The Kingliest warrior born!
Author Unknown
Weighty Words
15:38 May 17 2007
Times Read: 638
Feeling Our Words
Words Have Weight. Words carry energy and this gives language its power and its potential to heal or hurt. Most of us can remember a time that someone sent a word our way, and it stuck with us. It may have been the first time we received a truly accurate compliment, or the time a friend or sibling called us a name, but either way it stuck. This experience reminds us that what we say has weight and power and that being conscious means being aware of how we use words.
The more conscious we become, the more we deepen our relationship to the words we use so that we speak from a place of actually feeling what we are saying.
We begin to recognize that words are not abstract, disconnected entities used only to convey meaning; they are powerful transmitters of feeling. For the next few days, you might want to practice noticing how the words you say and hear affect your body and your emotional state. Notice how the different communication styles of the people in your life make you feel. Also, watch closely to see how your own words come out and what affect they have on the people around you.
You may notice that when we speak quickly, without thinking, or rush to get our ideas across, our words don't carry the same power as when we speak slowly and confidently, allowing those receiving our words time and space to take them in. When we carefully listen to others before we speak, our words have more integrity, and when we take time to center ourselves before speaking, we truly begin to harness the power of speech. Then our words can be intelligent messengers of healing and light, transmitting deep and positive feelings to those who receive them.
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Do it Anyway
15:22 May 17 2007
Times Read: 639
Achievement most often takes place under conditions
that are less than ideal.
Just because there is some problem or difficulty or
shortcoming in your life at the moment,
it does not prevent you from moving forward.
Focus not on what is missing or what is wrong.
Focus on doing your very best within the circumstances as they are.
Seek not to find an excuse.
Instead, do what you have chosen to do,
create what you have chosen to create,
live as you have chosen to live, no matter what.
If you wait until conditions are perfect,
you'll spend most of your time waiting.
You'll be far better off when you go ahead and put that
time to effective and productive use.
There may be plenty of reasonable excuses
for not moving forward.
Go ahead and do it anyway.
Sure, it would be great if some things were a little different,
yet the reality is that conditions are as they are.
Do it anyway, for that is the way it will get done."
Author Unknown
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