Adventure

This I believe:

1. I believe that the seed of good and evil resides in each of us.
2. I believe that each of us is capable of committing acts of good and evil depending on which seeds we nourish. It is for us to choose.
3. I must work diligently to identify the acts of violence that I participate in knowingly or unknowingly and take action to make things right with the victims of said violence.
4. I believe that I should not stand in judgment of anyone.
5. I must never believe that violence can serve righteousness.
6. I must never believe that I am incapable of violence.
7. I must never believe that good is good if it is only for me and mine.
8. I believe that I will know peace only when I find it at the center of my being.
9. I believe that I will be an effective peacemaker in the world only to the degree that I know the peace that is at my center.
10. I believe in silliness.
11. I believe in taking “ME” lightly.
12. I believe in the spirit of play that is holy.
13. I believe in the holy human spirit.

I believe that this is the spirit of “LIFE”.

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Matthew 6:19-21

19.‘Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; 20.but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

I worked so hard to gather up wood to burn in my fireplace. I gathered up much more wood than I would need. I used some it that winter and carefully stored the remainder. That way I would be sure to have some next year. The next fall I went to the woodpile to get some for a fire and discovered that there was nothing there but the refuse that the insects and the rot left. There was nothing for the fireplace. I would have been better off if I had just gotten enough for the one winter.

It kind of reminds me of the manna that God sent down to the Israelites and God's instructions to them for its harvest and consumption.

My Take on Miracles

Call on God but row away from the rocks.
–Indian Proverb

What's Going On Here?

crazy - they say I owe
I say no no - crazy
what's going on here?

PAY ATTENTION

A word, once spoken, can not be taken back.

me

I am who I am and I can be no other. Do not try to make me into someone or something that I am not. I will resist that to the very end. I am who I am and I can be no other.

Be Careful

Be careful what you say. Another person's hide may not be as thick as your go seek.

Smile

I am amazed at how my spirits are lifted when there is a little food in the belly and cash in the coffer.