May all our lives be filled with simple smiling moments--Jude

From the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

                        May I be a protector to those without protection
                        A leader for those who journey
                        And a boat, a bridge, a passage
                        For those desiring the further shore.

                        May the pain of every living creature
                        Be completely cleared away
                        May I be the doctor, the medicine
                        And may I be the nurse
                        For all the sick beings in the world
                        Until everyone is healed.

                        Just like space
                        And the great elements such as earth,
                        May I always support the life
                        Of all boundless creatures.

                        And until they pass away from pain
                        May I also be a source of life
                        For all the realms of varied beings
                        That reach unto the ends of space.

- Sogyal Rinpoche

"Happy New Year"

"How do you find peace and happiness in your life? By living a dedicated
life.

"If you make your life a dedicated one, you will have unending peace. To
quote the Bhagavad Gita, ‘Tyagat shantir anantaram.' Only with Tyaga-only by
leading a dedicated life, do you have unending peace. In this New Year, may
you experience peace and joy in your life. Live as good yogis and set
examples for others. Let all others be inspired by your life. Don't use your
words. Things are easily said, but hardly done. Instead, let humanity see in
you the beauty of a living a dedicated life. May God bless you with that
peaceful, joyful life."

"God bless you. Om Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi."

"And how you ask are we to walk the spiritual path? We answer: Say little; love much; give all; judge no-one; aspire to all that is pure and good-and keep on keeping on." --White Eagle

You are The Lovers
Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse.

The Lovers represents intuition and inspiration. Very often a choice needs to be made.

Originally, this card was called just LOVE. And that's actually more apt than "Lovers." Love follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And, coming after the Emperor, who is about control, it is a radical change in perspective. LOVE is a force that makes you choose and decide for reasons you often can't understand; it makes you surrender control to a higher power. And that is what this card is all about. Finding something or someone who is so much a part of yourself, so perfectly attuned to you and you to them, that you cannot, dare not resist. This card indicates that the you have or will come across a person, career, challenge or thing that you will fall in love with. You will know instinctively that you must have this, even if it means diverging from your chosen path. No matter the difficulties, without it you will never be complete.

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Time passes. 
Life happens. 
Distance separates. 
Children grow up. 
Jobs come and go. 
Love waxes and wanes. 
Hearts break. 
Parents die. 
Colleagues forget favors. 
Careers end. 
 
BUT......... Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how  many 
miles are between you. A girl friend is never farther away than needing 
her can reach. 
  When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by 
yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you 
on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting 
with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even 
  break the rules and walk beside you...Or come in and carry you out. 
Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, 
  sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and 
extended family, all bless our life! The world wouldn't be the same 
  without women, and neither would I. When we began this adventure called 
womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay 
  ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other. Every day, we 
need each other still. 
 
 
There are many angels in this world. 
One is reading this mail right here, right now

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