Sunday

An Iroquois Prayer of Thanksgiving

We return thanks to our mother, the earth,

which sustains us.

We return thanks to the rivers and streams,

which supply us with water.

We return thanks to all herbs,

which furnish medicines for the cure of our diseases.

We return thanks to the corn,

and to her sisters, the beans and squash, which give us life.

We return thanks to the bushes and trees, which provide us with fruit.

We return thanks to the wind, which, moving the air, pushes away sadness.

We return thanks to the moon and the stars, which have given us their light when the sun was gone.

We return thanks to our grandfather He-no, who has given to us his rain.

We return thanks to the sun, that has looked upon the earth with a beneficent eye.

Lastly, we return thanks to the Great Spirit, in whom is embodied all 

goodness, and who directs all things for the good of the Spirit's children

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

— William Butler Yeats

True solitude is found in the wild places, where one is without human obligation. One's inner voices become audible... In consequence, one responds more clearly to other lives.

- Wendell Berry

"True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment."

-- William Penn

"The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp."

- John Berry

You will learn by reading But you will understand with love.

~ Rumi

"Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter."

- Brad Henry

Look past your thoughts, so you may drink the pure nectar of 

This Moment.

~ Rumi

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses.

- George Eliot

"He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe." - Marcus Aurelius