Tripping...

Posted on Jul 18th, 2008 by Susan #1

Flying with two children can be loads of fun.  Little did I know that my children wouldn't be able to handle flying... NOT exactly the thing to find out when you're traveling 7 hours and... More »

Do you believe in the evolution of human consciousness?

Posted on Jul 18th, 2008 by Azyh

yes yes yes! I recently read King Solomons Mines, I was in culture shock from page one! Read any book from the past and tell me we have not moved on with humanity. As a... More »

without obligations, without tears

Posted on Jul 18th, 2008 by sanmugan

Who, weary of Brahman studentship, having fully learnt the Vedas, is discharged by the teacher he had ever obeyed, such a one is called the asramin. Choosing a wife of equally high birth, he should... More »

Do you believe in the evolution of human consciousness?

Posted on Jul 18th, 2008 by Bluewater

Yes!   The 2SenseWorth Project ...will help launch global human consciousness into a dimension we have all been waiting  for...  Where everyone ...EVERYONE...can do something to help the consciousness of  humanity.... become one. Where the... More »

Do you believe in the evolution of human consciousness?

Posted on Jul 18th, 2008 by profundity

I have never believed in belief.  However, I do know that the process of the evolultion of human consciousness is a painfully slow process.  The more consciously aware that I am the more that I... More »

breath of fresh air

Posted on Jul 17th, 2008 by kassandra

Today, in spite of the pain in my organs, I feel so alive. Today was a performance day at the school I work at. It was the last day of this particular summer program and... More »

Somewhere Over the Rainbow / 2SenseWorth

Posted on Jul 17th, 2008 by Bluewater

Where the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true :) Come join us, and let's create the reality...for the children. http://2senseworth.gaia.com/      Wow, can Clapton perform.... :)

Where are you going in life?

Posted on Jul 17th, 2008 by Ramon

Hello Gaia community: yesterday I got a message from a friend that made me stop for a minute and think about what I'm doing right now, and where I'm going. It's a wonderful story and... More »

Who Am I? (a new tag game)

Posted on Jul 17th, 2008 by sherri

  Saw this over at Nicole 's blog who got it from Halal the Giraffe 's blog. She got it from Yertle 's blog. I AM >> a hilariously 24 hr contemplative individual with bursts... More »

Picnic in the Shade

Posted on Jul 16th, 2008 by Beagle

I was home with my children this morning as my spouse went off to earn some cash (one of us needs to bring home the vegetarian bacon substitute).  My daughter had the idea to have... More »

And if you are patient - certainly that (huwa) is better (khayr) for those who are capable of being patient. (Koran 16:126) Commentary: In this verse, Allah consoles his patient servants in their trials by announcing that He Himself is the substitute and the replacement of that which they have lost and which was pleasing to their natural dispositions. In effect, being patient consists in constraining the soul to accept that which is repugnant to it. The soul experiences an aversion for everything which is not in accord with its predisposition in the present instant, even if it knows that it will be beneficial for it later on. . . . Allah has thus announced to those who patiently bear the loss of that which pleases them - health, riches, greatness, security, possessions and children - that "He" [for this is the proper sense of the pronoun huwa rendered above as "that" in conformity with the way the verse is usually understood] is better (khayr) for them than that which they have lost; for they know that "He" [who is the Name of the supreme absolutely unconditioned Essence] is their inseparable reality and their necessary refuge, and that the pleasing things that they have lost were pure illusions. . . . He who has found Allah has lost nothing, and he who has lost Allah has found nothing.

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

Let every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the revolution never to violate, in the least particular, the laws of the country and never to tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of '76 did to the support of the declaration of independence, so to the support of the constitution and laws, let every American pledge his life, his prosperity and his sacred honor. Let every man remember that to violate the laws is to trample on the blood of his fathers and to tear the charter of his own and his children's liberty. Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap. Let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in the legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. In short, let it become the political religion of the nation.

My friends: No one, not in my situation, can appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good- let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.

I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.

When an opponent declares, "I will not come over to your side," I calmly say, "Your child belongs to us already. . . . What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community."

Happy bridegroom, Hesper brings All desired and timely things. All whom morning sends to roam, Hesper loves to lead them home. Home return who him behold, Child to mother, sheep to fold, Bird to nest from wandering wide: Happy bridegroom, seek your bride.

Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?

Africa, help me to go home, carry me like an aged child in your arms. Undress me and wash me. Strip me of all of these garments, strip me as a man strips off dreams when the dawn comes. . . .

Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.

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