Real power is measured by how much you can let things be. -- Henry David Thoreau

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Inspirational Music at Sunrise in Texas HD

Reflect

“It takes a certain ingenuous faith - but I have it - to believe that people who read and reflect more likely than not come to judge things with liberality and truth.”
― A.C. Grayling, The Heart of Things: Applying Philosophy to the 21st Century

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“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ― Søren Kierkegaard

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Reflections

“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” ~ Albert Schweitzer

We each have the potential to inspire not only ourselves but others. Never underestimate a persons dream or the power of your faith in them to help make it possible.~

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By: Waves of Gratitude

Spiritual Flute: The Beauty of Nature

Native American ~ Spiritual Music ~

Native American Code of Ethics

Rise with the sun to pray. Pray alone. Pray often.

The Great Spirit will listen, if you only speak.

Be tolerant of those who are lost on their path.

Ignorance, conceit, anger, jealousy and greed stem

from a lost soul. Pray that they will find guidance.



Search for yourself, by yourself. Do not allow others

to make your path for you. It is your road, and

yours alone. Others may walk it with you,

but no one can walk it for you.

Treat the guests in your home with much consideration.

Serve them the best food, give them the best

bed and treat them with respect and honor.



Do not take what is not yours whether from

a person, a community,the wilderness or from a

culture. It was not earned nor given. It is not yours.



Respect all things that are placed upon

this earth – whether it be people or plant.

Honor other people’s thoughts, wishes and words.

Never interrupt another or mock or rudely mimic them.

Allow each person the right to personal expression.



Never speak of others in a bad way. The negative

energy that you put out into the universe

will multiply when it returns to you.



All persons make mistakes.

And all mistakes can be forgiven.

Bad thoughts cause illness of the mind,

body and spirit. Practice optimism.



Nature is not FOR us, it is a PART of us.

They are part of your worldly family.




Children are the seeds of our future. Plant

love in their hearts and water them with

wisdom and life’s lessons. When they

are grown, give them space to grow.



Avoid hurting the hearts of others.

The poison of your pain will return to you.

Be truthful at all times. Honesty is the

test of one’s will within this universe.


Keep yourself balanced. Your Mental self, Spiritual

self, Emotional self, and Physical self – all need

to be strong, pure and healthy. Work out

the body to strengthen the mind. Grow

rich in spirit to cure emotional ails.

Make conscious decisions as to who

you will be and how you will react. Be

responsible for your own actions.

Respect the privacy and personal space of

others. Do not touch the personal property of

others – especially sacred and religious

objects. This is forbidden.

Be true to yourself first. You cannot

nurture and help others if you cannot

nurture and help yourself first.



Respect others religious beliefs.

Do not force your belief on others.



Share your good fortune with others.

Participate in charity.


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When you love someone, you grant them total freedom to be who they are, for this is the greatest gift you could give them, and love always gives the greatest gift. - Neale Donald Walsch

I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes. I can go everywhere with a good feeling.
— Geronimo (1829 – 1909 ), Apache

If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace.....Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The Earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.......Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade....where I choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to think and talk and act for myself, and I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.
— Chief Joseph (1840 – 1904), Nez Pierce Chief


Photo By: Diane Sunset Last Night at home

Fall Is Just Gorgeous~ Pictures of Fall Folliage from my home.

Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile.

If you do not sow in the spring you will not reap in the autumn.

In the garden, Autumn is, indeed the crowning glory of the year, bringing us the fruition of months of thought and care and toil. And at no season, safe perhaps in Daffodil time, do we get such superb colour effects as from August to November.
Rose G. Kingsley
The Autumn Garden.I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Yellow, mellow, ripened days,
Sheltered in a golden coating;
O'er the dreamy, listless haze,
White and dainty cloudlets floating;
Winking at the blushing trees,
And the sombre, furrowed fallow;
Smiling at the airy ease,
Of the southward flying swallow
Sweet and smiling are thy ways,
Beauteous, golden Autumn days.
Will Carleton
Autumn Days.

"Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn."
- Elizabeth Lawrence

Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.

"You ought to know that October is the first Spring month."
- Karel Capek

My Pooh had a HOWL-O-WEEN Party~

You Light Up My Life HD

Those who light up your life~

Some people make your world special just be being in it. Others make It special by leaving It. It Is so good to lay it out there what your wants & needs are~ If some one goes away, they are not right for your world. God always places appropriate people at the right place, the right time In your life, trust this. You need those around you that match your Values, Integrity, passions, bring Joy, make your world better.... So here Is to being blessed by those around you who add value & you add to them~ By you standing up and speaking for want you want, need & believe In, you will find goodness & truth! Say so long to those not matching you, those who do not care. Standards are so good~ Some are In your life for a season, reason or a lifetime, follow your truth. and say "Thank God" for those who are In your world that add value & light up your life :) Diane