Happy Trails of Light

Happy New Year

2011-02-03T12:00:00.000-08:00

Chinese New Year of the Rabbit

We learn from the web that:
The Chinese New Year 2011 celebrations will begin on February 3, 2011 heralding the beginning of the year of the rabbit. The Rabbit is the fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac and is said to be a very lucky sign.

The rabbit is passionate, wise, serene, delicate, considerate, fashionable and friendly. They do not like confrontation and you will never see them exhibiting aggressive behavior.

The Rabbit is a symbol for compassion, sophistication, and worship of beauty.

Horoscope 2011 for The Year of the Rabbit = Success

If your New Year's resolution, desire or wish is to be successful in 2011 then you have to 'take the bull by the horns' and seek new challenges. Taking on new adventures and projects will be favorable in 2011 year of the Rabbit.

It is claimed by prominent astrologists that 2011 will be a manifestation of justice and countless wrongs will be put right. Although many of the problems we have to deal with will still remain in our lives for most of the year, by the end of 2011 year of the white Rabbit your circumstances will improve and you will experience much needed relief.

The rabbit is a lucky sign so you can look forward to life getting better. But you have to be pro-active and implement the change to your circumstanes. Seek to do this towards the end of the year of the rabbit; say from September onwards.

Seagulls in Autumn Light

2010-11-04T08:43:00.000-07:00

Seagulls have been flying pass my windows in increasing numbers over the last few days.

Gull's Wisdom Includes:

Spiritual messengers

Communication with deities

Behaving responsibly

Ability to see from above situations

Friendship

Wonder if they are just enjoying the last of Indian Summer?

Humingbird Light

2010-09-04T15:35:00.000-07:00

6 Endangered Hummingbird Species
4 Threatened Hummingbird Species

Hummingbirds's Wisdom Includes:

Ability to heal by using light as a laser from mouth
Endurance over long journeys
Ability to fly into small places to heal
Joy
Happiness
Love

Nature's Light

2010-08-02T17:45:00.001-07:00

Two of nature's beauties, an albino peacock and a scarlet ibis.

Robin Light

2010-06-09T15:28:00.001-07:00

Robin's Wisdom Includes:
Understanding the power of song
Happiness
Guide in the wisdom of change

On a late afternoon walk, several robins crossed my path. One carrying nest building materials and they reminded me of the beautiful world in which we live.

Oriole's Light

2010-05-31T20:30:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, in diverse places, a cemetery and a friend's home, I was privileged to be visited by Orioles.

Oriole's Wisdom Includes:

* Connection to tree spirits
* Ability to see how all life is woven together
* Facilitates connection to the Little People
* Joy

Maz Light

2010-05-26T18:08:00.001-07:00

LA MAZATLECA

Two views of a statue along the Malecon waterfront honoring the women of Mazatlan, Mexico.

Bird Lights

2010-04-12T21:30:00.000-07:00

Tracy Aviary in Liberty Park in the midst of the bustle of downtown Salt Lake City is a jewel. The new hornbill exhibit is one of the many new renovations taking place. Worth a trip!

TAT Light

2010-03-02T18:44:00.000-08:00

Among healing techniques I have experienced in the last months in working with Jacquie Brown, an energy kinesiologist (see her blog-Soul Tapestries, LLC),is called TAT. The initials stand for Tapas Acupressure Technique and there is a website, TAT Life and a newsletter that I have found very helpful. Tapas who is the founder, recently experienced her mother's death and has written about it in her newsletters.

Two of her comments really resonated with me.

"Work on believing in or accepting your own experience just as it is, completely independent of anyone else's thoughts."

"A direct experience can be when something moves from intellectual knowledge to a true experience. It can be a sudden understanding that you didn't have before. Sometimes it's like a lens shifting a fraction of an inch, and suddenly everything is in focus and you see what you didn't see before."

2010-01-14T17:53:00.000-08:00

For the past several years, a lone snowy egret appears mid-morning on the beach in front of the condo in Mazatlan, Mexico. This year, while walking on a more remote section of the beach, I came around a rocky point and there she was fishing, let me come within a few feet, caught and swallow a sardine and kept on fishing as I walked by.

Totem: Heron-egret

Aggressive Self-Determination
Self-Reliance

A Heron and Egret totem teaches balance;
the ability to progress and evolve --
to walk into deeper waters without fear.

It is important for someone with a Heron and Egret
totem to learn to stand on their own two feet,
to become independent and self-reliant.

Heron and Egret has a strong connection to the element of Earth
and you must also be aware and cultivate this connection.
The Mother Earth is a source of strength
and will help you stand strong and firm.

Heron medicine allows you to perform many tasks at the same time,
keeping all in balance.
If one way doesn't work, then another way will.
Heron and Egret people seem to instinctively know this.

Families in Holiday Light

2009-11-29T15:29:00.000-08:00

"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof."
RICHARD BACH, Illusions

As the holidays traditionally bring families together, the provide us with a lovely opportunity to reflect of the meaning of family, love, joy and friendship. The photo is of my "extended family", my college roomate's niece and her children. The baby is Mary Francis who had a rough time coming in but is doing well now.

Fall's Fading Light

2009-11-15T17:40:00.000-08:00

Cold, sunny afternoon
Raking large piles of leafs
The English walnut tree let them all go
Hard work with immediate results
Ready now for the snow

Lilies of the Field

2009-10-30T21:28:00.000-07:00

Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.

Watching myself and others worrying about the outcome of a home owner association's election this week and concern about all the other potential problems that might befall the group reminded me of worry is futile and waste of time.

Ferris Wheels in Fall

2009-10-18T19:30:00.001-07:00

Watching a football game on TV and the local news brief comes on. Its 80 degrees out. Won't see that again for a good long while. Out to walk in Liberty Park. Picked up shinny chestnuts. Use to love to make bracelets and necklaces from them. Decided to ride on the old Ferris wheel that has been there since I was a child. Up into the fall sky, yellow, orange trees among the pines, what a view! Drumming circle going on. Visited by a friendly squirrel. Perfect.

Autumn Light

2009-10-18T08:05:00.000-07:00

Mid-morning walk in Memory Grove

Autumn leaves, pick a few to bring home

Butterflies

Children in strollers or walking with adults

Dogs running, playing in the pond

City Creek tumbling over rock waterfalls

The joy of it all.

Cougar Light

2009-10-08T16:04:00.001-07:00

* Using leadership power wisely and without ego
* Balancing power, intention, strength
* Gaining self-confidence
* Freedom from guilt
* Cunning

For the Zunis of Turtle Island (Southwest United States), Cougar was the Master Hunter, known for its high intelligence, its knowledge of other animal and life forms, its physical prowess, its strength of will, and its intuitive ability. Cougar sees the maintenance of its territory as essential for its survival. Poshaiankia, the father of the Medicine Societies, designated Cougar the duty of carrying messages from humans to the higher spirits, because of this animal’s personal power, superior knowledge, strength of will, and steadfastness. Therefore, Cougar represents the link between ourselves and the most powerful spirits in Zuni Mythology: Mother Earth, Father Sky, and the Originator of All.

October's Light

2009-10-01T04:55:00.000-07:00

"Crispy air and azure skies,
High above, a white cloud flies,
Bright as newly fallen snow.
Oh the joy to those who know October!

Colors bright on bush and tree.
Over the weedy swamp, we see
A veil of purple and brown and gold.
Thy beauty words have never told. October!

Scolding sparrows on the lawn,
Rabbits frisking home at dawn,
Pheasants midst the sheaves of grain,
All in harmony acclaim, October!

Brown earth freshly turned by plow,
Apples shine on bended bough,
Bins o'erflowed with oats and wheat,
And satisfaction reigns complete. October!

Radiant joy is everywhere.
Spirits in tune to the spicy air,
Thrill in the glory of each day.
Life's worth living when we say, October!"
- Joseph Pullman Porter

Zoo Magic

2009-09-11T20:13:00.001-07:00

For all of you who live in the vicinity of the Salt Lake Hogle Zoo, it is worth visiting NOW. Not only can you see an enchanting baby elephant but three tiger cubs, a snow leopard cub and a baby giraffe. What more can you ask for?

Falcon Magic

2009-09-08T07:11:00.000-07:00

Falcon wisdom includes:
Assisting in soul healing
Accompanying the soul back to the soul world
Teaching swiftness
Learning the aerobatics of life
Controlling speed and movement
Understanding magic

Just before sunset a falcon was sitting on the top of a telephone phone appearing to watch the traffic on the street below. What magic to be able to look out your window in the middle of the city and see such a sight.

Impermanence

2009-09-03T02:21:00.000-07:00

"Nothing remains the same for two consecutive moments. Heraclitus said we can never bathe twice in the same river. Confucius, while looking at a stream, said, "It is always flowing, day and night." The Buddha implored us not just to talk about impermanence, but to use it as an instrument to help us penetrate deeply into reality and obtain liberating insight. We may be tempted to say that because things are impermanent, there is suffering. But the Buddha encouraged us to look again. Without impermanence, life is not possible. How can we transform our suffering if things are not impermanent? How can our daughter grow up into a beautiful young lady? How can the situation in the world improve? We need impermanence for social justice and for hope.

If you suffer, it is not because things are impermanent. It is because you believe things are permanent. When a flower dies, you don't suffer much, because you understand that flowers are impermanent. But you cannot accept the impermanence of your beloved one, and you suffer deeply when she passes away.

If you look deeply into impermanence, you will do your best to make her happy right now. Aware of impermanence, you become positive, loving and wise. Impermanence is good news. Without impermanence, nothing would be possible. With impermanence, every door is open for change. Impermanence is an instrument for our liberation."

-Thich Nhat Hanh

Woodpecker & Grasshopper Light

2009-08-30T02:09:00.001-07:00

Woodpecker/Sapsucker's Wisdom Includes:

Connection to the earth
Ability to find hidden layers
Understands rhythms, cycles and patterns
Warnings
Prophecy
Associated with thunder
The Earth's drummer
Pecks away at deception until the truth is revealed

Grasshopper's Wisdom Includes:

Jumps across space and time
Leaps of faith
Jumping without knowing where you will land
Astral travel
Leaping over obstacles
New leaps forward
Ability to change careers quickly

Ted Kennedy: Reflections & Light

2009-08-26T20:27:00.000-07:00

One of my fondest memories is being a "Kennedy Girl". I was too young to vote for JFK but was a campaign volunteer at the Tabernacle when he spoke there. I was invited to a function at the Hotel Utah where I met and talked with Ted and Joan Kennedy. Heady stuff for a nineteen year old. I had other experiences with the family members when I worked at the Cape Cod Hospital. Eunice Shriver, straight out of her garden with an amazing emerald ring and my staff who could only comment on her dirty finger nails. Ethel Kennedy's child having tonsils out and creating a three ring circus on the pediatric ward. Hannisport, what a elegant place. I never could be cynical about them and truly appreciate the contributions of this star crossed family.

The Light of Grace

2009-08-21T11:18:00.000-07:00

“You are so weak. Give up to grace.
The ocean takes care of each wave
till it gets to shore.” - Rumi

Flamingos

2009-08-17T13:09:00.001-07:00

Walking in Liberty Park this morning, paying a visit to the flamingos, I wondered why I have been so attracted to them for years.

Flamingo's Wisdom Includes:

* Ability to filter soul lessons from emotional waters
* Understanding the language of color
* Ability to maintain soul purpose in group living
* Understanding how to maintain balance

Body Image Light

2009-08-16T00:47:00.000-07:00

Whale or Mermaid?

Recently, in a large French city, a poster featuring a young, thin and tanned woman appeared in the window of a gym. It said:

THIS SUMMER, DO YOU WANT TO BE A MERMAID OR A WHALE?

A middle aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym.

To Whom It May Concern:

Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans).
They have an active sex life, they get pregnant and have adorable baby whales. They have a wonderful time with dolphins - stuffing themselves with shrimp and other delicacies of the sea. They play and swim in the oceans, seeing exotic places like Patagonia, the Barents Sea and the coral reefs of Polynesia . Whales are excellent singers and have even recorded CDs. They are incredible creatures and virtually have no predators other than humans. They are loved, protected and admired by almost everyone in the world.

Mermaids don't exist. If they did exist, they would be lining up outside the offices of psychoanalysts due to an identity crisis. Fish or human? Human or fish? They don't have a sex life, because they kill men that lure close to them. Therefore, they don't have kids. They are purported to be exceedingly vain and capricious. Not only that, who wants to be near a girl who smells like a fish store?

The choice is perfectly clear to me; I want to be a whale.

P.S. We are in an age when media puts into our heads the idea that only skinny people are beautiful, but I prefer to enjoy an ice cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man who still makes me shiver and a coffee with my friends. With time, we gain weight, because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that, when there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of our bodies. So, we aren't heavy; we are enormously cultured, educated and happy. Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror, I will think, "Good
gosh! Look how smart I am".

I REST MY CASE.

Hidden Jewels

2009-08-03T20:55:00.000-07:00

This is the duck pound on the grounds of the Garden Park Ward. It is located on Yale Avenue just above 11th East. Essentially right in the middle of Salt Lake City. Beautiful place to walk and stop and watch the hummingbirds and ducks.

Global Coherence Initiative

2009-07-28T11:56:00.001-07:00

The Global Coherence Initiative is a science-based initiative uniting millions of people in heart-focused care and intention, to shift global consciousness from instability and discord to balance, cooperation and enduring peace.

This project has been launched by the Institute of HeartMath®, a nonprofit 501(c)(3), a recognized global leader in researching emotional physiology, heart-brain interactions and the physiology of optimal health and performance.

The Global Coherence Initiative is designed to help individuals and groups work together, synchronistically and strategically to increase the impact of their efforts to create positive global change.

Together we will:

* Increase personal coherence for the benefit of ourselves and the planet
* Help shift the planetary consciousness baseline from self-centeredness to wholeness care
* Increase connection and social harmony
* Empower our ability to navigate through global changes with less stress and more ease
* Empower environmental responsibility and stewardship of the planet

This project has been initiated because millions of people sense that this is an extraordinary time; that a paradigm shift of human consciousness is now under way; that we are at the crossroads of change and must move toward the healing of ourselves and our planet. Many people are feeling a strong desire to help change our present and future conditions and are looking for ways to use their heart, spirit-aligned wisdom and care to make a meaningful difference.

Choices

2009-07-24T14:18:00.001-07:00

We all need to decide whether to "play it safe" in life and worry about the downside, or instead take a chance, by being who we really are and living the life our heart desires.
Which choice are you making?
Charlie Badenhop

Dragon Fly and Moon Day

2009-07-20T09:43:00.000-07:00

Today is "moon day" in honor of that remarkable accomplishment 40 years ago. Walk in City Creek Canyon. Butterfly and dragon flies.

Damselfly/Dragonfly's Wisdom Includes:

* Mastery of life on the wing
* Power of flight
* Power to escape a blow
* Understanding dreams
* Power of light
* Breaking down illusions
* Seeing the truth in situations
* Swiftness
* Change
* Connection to Dragon

Light Choices

2009-07-18T10:18:00.001-07:00

Went to the gallery stroll intending to buy Summer and ended up with one bird in aspens. How fun is that to have such a lovely painting from such a good friend.

A Day of Windows

2009-07-16T15:26:00.001-07:00

“If God were living on earth, people would break His windows”

Yiddish Proverb quotes

Flower Essence-Lady Slipper

2009-07-12T11:15:00.000-07:00

Positive qualities: Higher purpose aligned with daily work, integration of spiritual vision with vital forces in the root and creative chakras
Patterns of imbalance: Life purpose and direction not aligned with outer activity; nervous exhaustion or sexual depletion due to inability to access life force in the lower chakras

Cat Wisdom

2009-07-02T09:01:00.001-07:00

Gratitude to my cat Sassy, a beautiful Siamese has been my constant comfort and companion as I have been making major changes in my life.

Domestic Cat's Wisdom Includes:

* Independence
* Seeing the unseen
* Protection
* Love
* Allows us to dream its dreams
* Assists in meditation
* Ability to fight when cornered

Deer Wisdom

2009-06-26T09:57:00.001-07:00

Walked up to visit the deer in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery. One lone doe, stretching her neck out to eat leaves off of the chestnut tree. What a beautiful creature.

Deer/Hart's Wisdom Includes:

* Gentleness in word, thought and touch
* Ability to listen
* Grace and appreciation for the beauty of balance
* Understanding of what's necessary for survival
* Power of gratitude and giving
* Ability to sacrifice for the higher good
* Connection to the woodland goddess
* Alternative paths to a goal

Bird Song

2009-06-24T14:42:00.000-07:00

The vocal ability of birds has inspired poets and musicians, from Chaucer to Wordsworth, from Handel to Respighi. Birdsong can be a natural phenomenon of intense beauty.
And their songs have been shaped by their environment, just as the rap musician of New York delivers a different "tune" to the yodeller in the Swiss mountains. The musical detail would have impressed the great composers. The nightingale, for example, holds up to 300 different love songs in his repertoire. The canary may take 30 mini-breaths a second to replenish its air supply. The cowbird uses 40 different notes, some so high we can't hear them. The chaffinch may sing his song half a million times in a season.

Indeed, British musician David Hindley slowed bird song down and discovered parallels between the skylark's blizzard of notes and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony; between the woodlark's mind-numbingly complex song and J.S.Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues. It changes its tune according to the rules of classical sonata form.

Song allows the bird to "speak" better than and other family of creatures. It is the perfect medium for communicating over long distances, or when it is hard to see the singer - and the audience: for example at night or in dense vegetation.

Whatever the habitat, birds have a way of singing into it. When a bird sings, it can always be heard, even after it has moved out of sight. Sound travels in all directions; it can penetrate through or around objects.

Light Within

2009-06-20T07:01:00.000-07:00

"If we wish to understand the nature of the Universe we have an inner hidden advantage: we are ourselves little portions of the universe and so carry the answer within us."
—Jacques Boivin

Walking, Wildflowers, Water

2009-06-15T12:51:00.000-07:00

Try Memory Grove and City Creek Canyon for a great refreshing walk or run.

Mouse Totem Brings Light

2009-06-12T07:46:00.000-07:00

Quietly creeping,
accomplishing his purpose without attention,
The wise little mouse trusts the Creator.
Help me, small one, to true and find initiative
So that wonderful changes come my way.

Sun Conures

2009-06-11T10:46:00.000-07:00

Tracy Aviary in Liberty Park has just erected a new exhibit for the Sun Conures. On this gray rainy morning they took my breath away with their brightness. You can easily see them from the walkway in the middle of the park. By the way the Aviary's annual fundraiser Breakfast with the Birds is on June 20 from 8:30 - 11. It is a fun event with food, music and bird shows. All the information is on their web site.

Reflections

2009-06-09T09:00:00.000-07:00

Anna Quindlen:
I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.

The Light of Clarity

2009-06-08T15:09:00.000-07:00

Clarity – the perception of wisdom and the ability to see the soul in action in the physical world; turns pain into suffering and evaporates fear; allows you to see the world of physical matter for what it is – a learning environment that is created jointly by the intentions of the souls that share it.
...Gary Zukav

Purpose and Light

2009-06-06T15:31:00.000-07:00

Our true and authentic purposes always call to us, as they invite us in, and many times, they are never even seemingly our own ideas. We are not really consciously at the helm, but our souls always are. They urge us on, whisper in our ears, bring strange and synchronistic events to our doors, and beckon us to step into our soul shoes, even if we may not know exactly what those shoes are. Forcing the issue never works, as it is our ego selves that most times wreak havoc in our process. It is then, not always what “we” want, but what our souls are guiding us towards.
...Karen Bishop

Summer Light

2009-06-05T10:51:00.000-07:00

As the seasons change may I approach the changes in life with
acceptance and joy for the diversity in which I live.
-Shirley MacLaine

Rose Light

2009-06-04T12:29:00.000-07:00

Lovely June
Roses in Bloom
Color, scent, light

The Light of Giving

2009-05-31T12:04:00.001-07:00

"We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers."
Seneca

Our Human Light

2009-05-29T13:09:00.000-07:00

"A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive."

- Albert Einstein

Spring Babies

2009-05-27T10:03:00.001-07:00

There must be 30 new gosslings around the pond in Liberty Park. How fun is that!

Memorial Day

2009-05-25T12:30:00.000-07:00

"Toast to the Flag"
by John Jay Daly

Here's to the red of it -
There's not a thread of it,
No, nor a shred of it
In all the spread of it
From foot to head,
But heroes bled for it,
Faced steel and lead for it,
Precious blood shed for it,
Bathing it red!

Here's to the white of it-
Thrilled by the sight of it,
Who knows the right of it
But feels the might of it
Through day and night?
Womanhood's care for it
Made manhood dare for it,
Purity's prayer for it
Keeps it so white!

Here's to the blue of it -
Beauteous view of it,
Heavenly hue of it,
Star-spangled dew of it
Constant and true;
Diadems gleam for it,
States stand supreme for it,
Liberty's beam for it
Brightens the blue!!

Here's to the whole of it -
Stars, stripes and pole of it,
Body and soul of it,
O, and the roll of it,
Sun shining through;
Hearts in accord for it,
Swear by the sword for it,
Thanking the Lord for it,
Red, White and Blue.

More Light at the End

2009-05-24T15:44:00.000-07:00

Hospice affirms the concept of palliative care as an intensive program that enhances comfort and promotes the quality of life for individuals and their families. When cure is no longer possible, hospice recognizes that a peaceful and comfortable death is an essential goal of health care. Hospice believes that death is an integral part of the life cycle and that intensive palliative care focuses on pain relief, comfort and enhanced quality of life as appropriate goals for the terminally ill. Hospice also recognizes the potential for growth that often exists within the dying experience for the individual and his/her family and seeks to protect and nurture this potential.

Hospice care is a Medicare benefit and not only provides care but covers essentially all the costs. Many insurance plans also have hospice benefits. Although it is a program at the end of life, it often is life enhancing and of real comfort and support for families.

Light at the End

2009-05-21T10:10:00.000-07:00

"Death is simply a shedding of the physical body like the butterfly shedding its cocoon. It is a transition to a higher state of consciousness where you continue to perceive, to understand, to laugh, and to be able to grow." ..Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is considered one of the most influential people and important minds of the last century. Her personal grit and determination forever changed how the world treats its dying. Her tireless efforts to assure that those who are dying be treated with compassion and dignity have now become the standard in end of life care. Dr. Ross taught the world that dying was actually about living and that our work here was to learn how to love unconditionally.

I had the privilege of hearing her speak and meeting and talking with her several times. Now that some friends and family members are nearing the end of their lives, I turned to her writings again and was comforted by her like an old friend.

Greetings President Obama

2009-05-18T10:38:00.000-07:00

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The Vice President and I just met with leaders from the House of Representatives and received their commitment to pass a comprehensive health care reform bill by July 31.

We also have an unprecedented commitment from health care industry leaders, many of whom opposed health reform in the past. Monday, I met with some of these health care stakeholders, and they pledged to do their part to reduce the health care spending growth rate, saving more than two trillion dollars over the next ten years -- around $2,500 for each American family. Then on Tuesday, leaders from some of America's top companies came to the White House to showcase innovative ways to reduce health care costs by improving the health of their workers.

Now the House and Senate are beginning a critical debate that will determine the health of our nation's economy and its families. This process should be transparent and inclusive and its product must drive down costs, assure quality and affordable health care for everyone, and guarantee all of us a choice of doctors and plans.

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Light and Filters

2009-05-16T07:24:00.000-07:00

The universe as seen from the Hubble Telescope.

“Once we are in the habit of filtering what we want to believe through a sieve, disbelief splashes back in our face”

The Joy of Gardening

2009-05-15T13:17:00.001-07:00

Plants give us oxygen for the lungs and for the soul. ~Linda Solegato

Choices

2009-05-13T09:42:00.000-07:00

2009-05-08T15:48:00.001-07:00

Archetypes provide the deep structure for human motivation and meaning. When we encounter them in art, literature, sacred texts, advertising—or in individuals or groups—they evoke deep feeling within us. These imprints, which are hardwired in our psyches, were projected outward by the ancients onto images of gods and goddesses. Plato disconnected these from religion, seeing them in philosophical terms as "elemental forms." Twentieth-century psychiatrist C.G. Jung called them "archetypes."

Technology's Light

2009-05-06T14:11:00.000-07:00

Now Connecting......Inn at Mazatlan Cam. I go to this website at least once a day to view our condo, beach and often see one of our friends on the staff. How amazing. It doesn't beat being there but....

Happy Cinco de Mayo

2009-05-05T05:14:00.000-07:00

The image is of our other home in Mexico where we have celebrated Cinco de Mayo only once. Although it is a national holiday, we in the USA put more emphasis on it than our Mexican friends. It celebrates the battle of Puebla.

During the French-Mexican War, a poorly supplied and outnumbered Mexican army under General Ignacio Zaragoza defeats a French army attempting to capture Puebla de Los Angeles, a small town in east-central Mexico. Victory at the Battle of Puebla represented a great moral victory for the Mexican government, symbolizing the country's ability to defend its sovereignty against threat by a powerful foreign nation.

Sending light to this country and its new battle with a foreign entity, the flu.

A Legend-Happy Birthday

2009-05-03T12:47:00.000-07:00

Pete Seeger is 90 today. His music and wit have been part of our extended family for many years. We sing his version of We Gather Together To Thank Thee Our Father before every family celebration. There was a brief discussion of going to his birthday concert in Madison Square Garden today but we decided against it. Perhaps he will be able to travel here again soon. He is invited every year to be part of the Children's Dance Theatre concert but has been able to come since 2002.

CNN interviewed him at the New Orleans Jazz Festival-

CNN: How important is it to have storytelling out there in this day in age?

Seeger: There's always a danger that you let the machine do it for you. And I think what we are going to see in the next few years, is people finding a way they can do something themselves. Whatever it is.

I put it this way: The agriculture revolution took thousands of years, the industrial revolution took hundreds of years, but the information [revolution] is only taking decades. And if you use it, use the brains God gave us, miracles are going to happen.

Creative Light

2009-05-03T05:30:00.000-07:00

Creativity is the
joyous expression
of the soul.

It allows us to explore
unknown realms
and
co-create the reality
in which we live.

Be respectful of
and
honored by your contributions
to this world.

-Shirley McLaine

Friendship

2009-05-02T13:53:00.001-07:00

Friendship isn't about who you have known the longest.
but about who came and never left your side. Thanks to friend Joy for this email picture!

Hummingbird Light

2009-04-29T10:18:00.000-07:00

Sip the sweet moments. Let your true colors glow. Don’t get your feathers ruffled over little things. Just wing it. Take yourself lightly. Keep your visits short and sweet! --unknown

More Light on Breast Cancer

2009-04-27T14:10:00.000-07:00

For those of you who may I not seen this. Barb is a wonderful woman and a girlfriend.

Cancer survivors are thankful for every day
By Barb Guy
Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, April 26. 2009

Suzy was only 33 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. I was 17 at the time. Looking back, there were some mistakes made in Suzy's care and maybe because of that, or maybe not, Suzy got worse instead of better.

Soon she was told her cancer was Stage 4, meaning it had spread to other organs in her body and it was still growing. Cancer and breasts were still pretty hush-hush topics back then, but Betty Ford, first lady of the United States, had breast cancer in 1974 and she had made the courageous decision to disclose her illness and treatment to the American people.

Suzy was inspired by Mrs. Ford. She did her best to fight as hard and be as strong as the first lady had been.

While Suzy was being treated but growing ever sicker, her sister found a lump in her own breast; then another and another. The strain on the two grown sisters and their parents was intense. Suzy remained the only one with cancer; her sister's lumps were all benign.

As Suzy took chemotherapy treatments she lost her hair and became gravely ill. She was known for her great sense of humor but the grim, unwelcoming waiting areas and treatment rooms were nearly as hard on her as the cancer. She told her sister that when she got well they should form a team, Suzy improving the aesthetics of the cancer patient's experience and sister Nan working on speeding the grindingly slow research on how to treat breast cancer.

Suzy didn't live to do any work on beautifying waiting rooms, but her grieving sister Nancy used $200 and a typewriter to form the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, now called Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The organization has raised more than $1 billion and become the world's largest breast cancer charity. The group's first fundraising Race for the Cure 5K run/walk had 800 participants. Today, organizers of the annual Salt Lake City walk alone are planning for 17,000 people.

Komen also hosts Salute to Survivors luncheons. In Salt Lake, it's a fancy annual affair at Little America. I went to the luncheon for the first time last year, only due to the pleading of my darling friend Jules, who is a breast cancer survivor. Even though I'm a breast cancer survivor, too, I didn't want to go. In the end, though, my love for Jules and the promise of a cash bar won out.

The luncheon is free to any and all breast cancer survivors; guests pay to join in. The event turned out to be a really nice time. There were good speakers, free gifts and a posh lunch. But then again, anything with Jules is fun.

Not long afterwards, Jules got word that her breast cancer had recurred and she had to go back into cancer world. This insidious disease and what it does to people I love makes me apoplectic. Jules is doing really well; she and I will be at the luncheon again this year, standing up when they call for survivors to rise.

I'm planning to participate in Salt Lake City's May 9 Race for the Cure, too, and only partly because I'm the honorary chair of the event. I'm forming a team of good-hearted walkers and I'll leave my comfort zone far behind to join in a very public display of healthy exercise with other people who want to kill off breast cancer once and for all.

Race for the Cure participants get white T-shirts for the event, except for the breast cancer survivors. We'll be the ones in pink, thanking our lucky stars for the day.

Barb Guy is a regular contributor to these pages. Her columns are online at: http://www.xmission.com/˜barbguy

Aging Light

2009-04-24T12:18:00.000-07:00

Age is opportunity no less,
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
And as the evening twilight fades away,
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Morituri Salutamus

2009-04-22T08:44:00.000-07:00

We pray to the great Spiritual Power in which we live and move and have our being.
We pray that we may at all times
keep our minds open to new ideas and shun dogma;
that we may grow in our understanding of the nature of all living beings
and our connectedness with the natural world;
that we may become ever more filled with
generosity of spirit and true compassion and love for all life;
that we may strive to heal the hurts that we have inflicted on nature
and control our greed for material things, knowing that
our actions are harming our natural world and the future of our children;
that we may value each and every human being for who he is, for who she is,
reaching to the spirit that is within,
knowing the power of each individual to change the world.
Jane Goodal

2009-04-20T11:38:00.000-07:00

I do not think that the measure of a civilization
is how tall its building of concrete are,
but rather how well its people have learned to relate
to their environment and fellow man.

Chippewa medicine man -sun bear

The Light of Music

2009-04-17T13:28:00.000-07:00

There's music in the sighing of a reed;
There's music in the gushing of a rill;
There's music in all things, if men had ears:
Their earth is but an echo of the spheres.
~Lord Byron

Dreaming

2009-04-15T15:27:00.000-07:00

We need time to dream. Time to remember and time to reach the infinite. Time to be.
--Gladys Taber.

For those of you who have not seen it, the video of Susan Boyle singing "I Dreamed a Dream" on Britain Has Talent is well worth watching. Made me cry and smile at the same time. It is on most of the news websites and of course You Tube. I haven't mastered the skill of upload or is it downloading video yet!

Lightening Up Breast Cancer

2009-04-14T06:39:00.000-07:00

As I begin to get in shape to walk the 5k at the Race for the Cure on May 9, I give my thanks and gratitude that I am doing so as a survivor! For those of you who have not walked/ran in the race it is a great, positive experience. For more information go to www.komenslc.org.
Also there is a great site that I visit every day to click on for free mammograms for those women who cannot afford one. It is http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/

Sleep

2009-04-13T03:08:00.001-07:00

Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care
The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath
Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast.
~William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Bunny Imposters

2009-04-12T14:46:00.000-07:00

Just for fun

Spirit and Light of Easter

2009-04-11T10:05:00.001-07:00

To me the meaning of Easter time/Passover is of renewal, rebirth, awaking, refreshing. A time to rejoice and love life.

Change

2009-04-09T14:24:00.000-07:00

Charles Darwin:

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

Circles

2009-04-04T12:12:00.000-07:00

"Circles encourage connection and cooperation among their members and inspire compassionate solutions to individual, community and world problems. We believe that circles support each member to find her or his own voice and to live more courageously. Therefore, we intend to seed and nurture circles, wherever possible, in order to cultivate equality, sustainable livelihoods, preservation of the the earth and peace for all. Our aim is to celebrate the millionth circle as the metaphor of an idea whose time has come." Jean Shinoda Bolen

Fun Thought for the Day

2009-04-03T11:55:00.001-07:00

Handle every stressful situation like a dog...
If you can't eat it or play with it,
Just whizz on it and walk away

I Deserve Joy

2009-04-02T10:02:00.000-07:00

"I Deserve Joy!"

Many of us believe that we deserve to live in an atmosphere of "not good enough." Start doing affirmations that you really deserve, and that you are willing to go beyond your parents' and your early childhood limitations.

Look in the mirror and say to yourself: I deserve all good. I deserve to be prosperous. I deserve joy. I deserve love.

Open your arms wide and say: I am open and receptive. I am wonderful. I deserve all good. I accept!

All is truly well.
Louise Hay

Today's Affirmation

2009-04-01T11:57:00.000-07:00

Angels of Light and Love
Coming down from Above
Touching your Face
With Joy and with Grace

Happiness

2009-03-31T05:49:00.000-07:00

"Happiness is like a butterfly: The more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder."

— Henry David Thoreau

Connecting Light

2009-03-30T07:24:00.000-07:00

Albert Einstein:

A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

Albert Einstein

Morphic Fields

2009-03-26T04:34:00.001-07:00

The Hundredth Monkey

by Ken Keyes, jr.

The Japanese monkey, Macaca fuscata, had been observed in the wild for a period of over 30 years.

In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand. The monkeys liked the taste of the raw sweet potatoes, but they found the dirt unpleasant.

An 18-month-old female named Imo found she could solve the problem by washing the potatoes in a nearby stream. She taught this trick to her mother. Her playmates also learned this new way and they taught their mothers too.

This cultural innovation was gradually picked up by various monkeys before the eyes of the scientists.

Between 1952 and 1958 all the young monkeys learned to wash the sandy sweet potatoes to make them more palatable.

Only the adults who imitated their children learned this social improvement. Other adults kept eating the dirty sweet potatoes.

Then something startling took place. In the autumn of 1958, a certain number of Koshima monkeys were washing sweet potatoes -- the exact number is not known.

Let us suppose that when the sun rose one morning there were 99 monkeys on Koshima Island who had learned to wash their sweet potatoes.

Let's further suppose that later that morning, the hundredth monkey learned to wash potatoes.

THEN IT HAPPENED!

By that evening almost everyone in the tribe was washing sweet potatoes before eating them.

The added energy of this hundredth monkey somehow created an ideological breakthrough!

But notice.

A most surprising thing observed by these scientists was that the habit of washing sweet potatoes then jumped over the sea --

Colonies of monkeys on other islands and the mainland troop of monkeys at Takasakiyama began washing their sweet potatoes.

Thus, when a certain critical number achieves an awareness, this new awareness may be communicated from mind to mind.

Although the exact number may vary, this Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon means that when only a limited number of people know of a new way, it may remain the conscious property of these people.

But there is a point at which if only one more person tunes-in to a new awareness, a field is strengthened so that this awareness is picked up by almost everyone!

(from the book "The Hundredth Monkey" by Ken Keyes, jr. The book is not copyrighted and the material may be reproduced in whole or in part. You can look at the whole book also.)

Spring Light

2009-03-23T04:29:00.000-07:00

Butterflies
Blossoms
Green
Welcome Spring

A Duck Tale

2009-03-21T06:34:00.000-07:00

A True Duck Story From San Antonio ....
Something really cute happened in downtown San Antonio this week. Michael R.
is now an accounting clerk at Frost Bank and works downtown in a second story
office building. Several weeks ago, he watched a mother duck choose the concrete
awning outside his window as the unlikely place to build a nest above the sidewalk.

The mallard laid ten eggs in a nest in the corner of the planter that is perched over
10 feet in the air. She dutifully kept the eggs warm for weeks, and Monday
afternoon all of her ten ducklings hatched.

Michael worried all night how the momma duck was going to get those babies safely off their perch in a busy, downtown, urban environment to take to water, which typically happens in the first 48 hours of a duck hatching. Tuesday morning, Michael watched the mother duck encourage her babies to the edge of the perch with the intent to show them how to jump off!

The mother flew down below and started quacking to her babies above. In his disbelief Michael watched as the first fuzzy newborn toddled to the edge and astonishingly leapt into thin air, crashing onto the cement below. Michael couldn't stand to watch this risky effort. He dashed out of his office and ran down the stairs to the sidewalk where the first obedient duckling was stuporing near its mother from the near fatal fall.

As the second one took the plunge, Michael jumped forward and caught it with his bare hands before it hit the concrete. safe and sound, he set it by the momma and the other stunned sibling, still recovering from its painful leap.

One by one the babies continued to jump. Each time Michael hid under the awning just to reach out in the nick of time as the duckling made its free fall. The downtown sidewalk came to a standstill.
Time after time, Michael was able to catch the remaining 8 and set them by their approving mother.

At this point Michael realized the duck family had only made part of its dangerous journey.
They had 2 full blocks to walk across traffic, crosswalks, curbs, and pedestrians to get to the closest open water, the San Antonio River . The on looking office secretaries and several San Antonio police officers joined in. They brought an empty copy paper box to collect the babies.
They carefully corralled them, with the mother's approval, and loaded them in the container.
Michael held the box low enough for the mom to see her brood. He then slowly navigated through the downtown streets toward the San Antonio River The mother waddled behind and kept her babies in sight.

As they reached the river, the mother took over and passed him, jumping into the river and quacking loudly. At the water's edge, he tipped the box and helped shepherd the babies toward the water and to their mother after their adventurous ride.

All ten darling ducklings safely made it into the water and paddled up snugly to momma.
Michael said the mom swam in circles, looking back toward the beaming bank bookkeeper, and proudly quacking.

Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. And leave the rest to God.

Passing the Purple Hat-Words of Wisdom

2009-03-20T11:19:00.000-07:00

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck
(written after she found out she was dying from cancer).

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

I would have talked less and listened more.

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.

I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.

I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.

I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains.

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life.

I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.

Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, 'Later. Now go get washed up for dinner.' There would have been more 'I love you's' More 'I'm sorry's.'

But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute.look at it and really see it ... . live it and never give it back. STOP SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF!!!

Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what
Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

2009-03-17T10:20:00.001-07:00

Wishing you a rainbow
For sunlight after showers—
Miles and miles of Irish smiles
For golden happy hours—
Shamrocks at your doorway
For luck and laughter too,
And a host of friends that never ends
Each day your whole life through!

Passing on the Gift

2009-03-14T10:42:00.000-07:00

Heifer International is an organization I support on an annual basis. For the month of April, they are focusing on remembering that we each have wonderful gifts to share with the world. Whether that gift is time, skills or resources, we each have something that can positively affect the journey of others.

Web of Light

2009-03-11T15:18:00.001-07:00

I am memory alive
not just a name
but an intricate part
of this web of motion
meaning: earth, sky, stars circling
my heart
centrifugal
...Joy Harjo

The Light of the Sun

2009-03-10T04:10:00.000-07:00

Last week Parade Magazine had a great article on solar cookers that are saving the women of Darfur. Such a simple idea. Web site solarcookerproject.org.

Refuge

2009-03-08T12:59:00.000-07:00

"My refuge exists in my capacity to love.
If I can learn to love death then I can begin to find refuge in change."
Terry Tempest Williams from her book REFUGE

Life's Purpose

2009-03-07T10:56:00.001-08:00

We are here
to love each other
and be happy...

Art & Soup

2009-03-06T09:39:00.000-08:00

The painting is Tulips by Larry Winborg. It is the featured art for Community Nursing Services 21st annual Art & Soup. It is the major fundraiser for the agency and one that was my responsibility for many years. It is a fun event with lunch and dinner sessions on March 11 & 12 at the Sheraton City Centre. Lunch runs from 11-2 and dinner from 5-9. Cost is $12. You can walk around and see/buy art from the 30+ artists and taste soups, breads, etc. from the 30 restaurants. The art is selected from an open call for entries that occurs in the fall. The artist donates the painting for auction and then agrees to participate in "quick draws" during the event and/or a small percentage of sales.

Light of Love

2009-03-04T10:44:00.000-08:00

Spring Affirmation

2009-03-03T11:31:00.001-08:00

May the energy of change and renewal accompany me throughout the month of equinox and May my path be aligned with all of Nature and mankind. (Shirley MacLaine)

Dawn's Light

2009-03-02T11:40:00.000-08:00

At dawn's first light
Unconditional love
Comes in on four paws
One graceful leap to the bed
Blue eyes purring
Good Morning

Light of Essential Self

2009-03-01T10:50:00.001-08:00

In her book, Finding Your Own North Star, Martha Beck asks her readers to answer 25 questions with often, sometimes, rarely, or never. The questions are:
1. My life feels like a great adventure.
2. I feel sure I can solve any problem I encounter.
3. I have fun.
4. I laugh out loud.
5. I am overwhelmed with gratitude.
6 I spend time in comfortable solitude.
7. I am fascinated by things I am learning
8. I feel deeply understood.
9. Things just seem to work out for me.
10. I get so involved in projects I forget to stop.
11. I use my imagination.
12. I do things I loved when I was a kid.
13. People seem to enjoy being around me.
14. I play.
15. I feel perfectly safe.
16. I get excited when it is time to go to work.
17. I feel mentally sharp and alert.
18. I have really cool ideas.
19. I love my body.
20. I'm flooded with love for other people.
21. I do new things, or old things in new ways.
22. I do what I want to, even if it's scary.
23. I'm completely relaxed with other people.
24. I feel intense physical pleasure.
25. I am very pleased with myself in general.

She writes that if you didn't anwer"often" to every one of the questions. you stand to be in closer contact with your essential self.

Light of Wisdom

2009-02-26T09:51:00.001-08:00

"We don't stop playing because we get old. We get old because we stop playing.

Quote from www.wisdombook.org/ Short video by Alexander Zuckerman that I don't have the technical wisdom to transfer to this blog! Still learning

Northern Lights

2009-02-25T09:54:00.001-08:00

This is a fire rainbow, the rarest of naturally occurring atmospheric phenomena. It was photographed near the Idaho Canada border and lasted for an hour. The clouds have to be cirrus with just the right amount of ice crystals and the the sun at 58 degrees. In other words, ITS MAGIC!

Affirmation

2009-02-23T15:20:00.000-08:00

I am safe and secure.
I am at peace
with myself and others.

The LIght of Children

2009-02-22T11:37:00.000-08:00

"Every child has a divine nature that needs to be cherished and nurtured. As parents and educators, we have the responsibility to carry out that mission as best we can." Mary Ann Lee, Deseret News, February 22, 2009

JUST SOME FUN

2009-02-21T20:36:00.000-08:00

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

AIM HIGH

The Light of Tao

2009-02-20T11:01:00.000-08:00

There is an old Taoist story about a group of Confucian intellectuals who, while strolling past a huge waterfall, glimpse a human body in the churning, roaring froth. Horrified, they gather by the banks, trying to figure out how to fish out the body and give it a decent funeral. The discussion comes to an abrupt end when an old man pops out of the water at their feet, dries himself off and walks away.
Once the scholars have stopped gaping in astonishment, they run after the old man. "How did you do that?" they demand. "no one could swim in that water without being killed."
"Oh no, it's really very easy" the old man tells them. "you just go up when the water goes up , and down when the water goes down". (Taken from Martha Beck's book, Finding Your Own North Star)

Happy Trails of Light

Happy New Year

Seagulls in Autumn Light

Humingbird Light

Nature's Light

Robin Light

Oriole's Light

Maz Light

Bird Lights

TAT Light

Families in Holiday Light

Fall's Fading Light

Lilies of the Field

Ferris Wheels in Fall

Autumn Light

Cougar Light

October's Light

More Duck Stories

Zoo Magic

Falcon Magic

Impermanence

Woodpecker & Grasshopper Light

Ted Kennedy: Reflections & Light

The Light of Grace

Flamingos

Body Image Light

Hidden Jewels

Global Coherence Initiative

Choices

Dragon Fly and Moon Day

Light Choices

A Day of Windows

Flower Essence-Lady Slipper

Cat Wisdom

Deer Wisdom

Bird Song

Light Within

Walking, Wildflowers, Water

Mouse Totem Brings Light

Sun Conures

Reflections

The Light of Clarity

Purpose and Light

Summer Light

Rose Light

The Light of Giving

Our Human Light

Spring Babies

Memorial Day

More Light at the End

Light at the End

Greetings President Obama

Light and Filters

The Joy of Gardening

Choices

Technology's Light

Happy Cinco de Mayo

A Legend-Happy Birthday

Creative Light

Friendship

Hummingbird Light

More Light on Breast Cancer

Aging Light

The Light of Music

Dreaming

Lightening Up Breast Cancer

Sleep

Bunny Imposters

Spirit and Light of Easter

Change

Circles

Fun Thought for the Day

I Deserve Joy

Today's Affirmation

Happiness

Connecting Light

Morphic Fields

The Hundredth Monkey

Spring Light

A Duck Tale