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Small Stone for Jan. 19, 2015

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Jan 19

 

“… All we wanted was peace and to be left alone…I was not allowed to remain quiet. I was tired of fighting. I have spoken.” — Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux, on his deathbed, 1877

For days now I’ve longed for quiet
in my brain, peace and serenity,
to look out my window to still waters
far from rapids racing over stone.

cropped-100_0105.jpgBut the blood still pounds in my head,
thoughts racing forward into darkness
always facing future, when instead
there is today, its hours wasted thinking

about those things that never happen,
and the ones where time is not yet right
Those are the hours to be savoured, to focus
on the glint of sun, the beauty in a single snowflake.

CAS Jan. 19, 2015

 

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Small Stone for Jan. 18, 2015

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Jan 18

“We will bury the tomahawk in the earth.” — Sauk adage meant as a pledge of peace.

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We once feared the blow of tomahawk
Today our fear has grown. Now we fear
bullets, bombs, plague, virus.

Worst of all we fear those whose beliefs
and culture are not the same. It is not
a new fear, but one that centuries

have failed to quell. Today we raise
more fearsome weapons against neighbours,
the modern tomahawks are not yet buried in the earth.

CAS Jan. 18, 2015

 

Photos of the tomahawk and nuclear bomb posted by U.S. government employees and therefore are in the public domain. Photos obtained from wikipedia.

 

Small Stone for Jan. 17, 2015

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Jan 17

“I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us.” – GOYATHLAY (Geronimo) Apache Medicine Man & War Chief 1829-1909.

 

I try to write to the spiritual teachings but today the newspaper blares no headlines of goodness we might bring to our planet. There is terror, pollution, bankruptcy, bottom lines, murder, pandemic.  Good news doesn’t sell papers. I wonder where in the paper to find evidence of usefulness and worth, but all I read is bloodshed and bloodbath.  My thoughts turn away from creation…

And what of evolution?

Are we important or irritant? We erode
the planet in our role as Man the Destroyer.
Even our fellow humans are not safe
from violence, destruction, madness.

I read today that Canadians
are cautious, respectful, bland.
I read today that terrorists only want
to control their own countries.

Yet events tell a different story.
There is no respect for borders.
What control of their own will be found
in France? in Belgium? In New York City?
CAS Jan. 17, 2015

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Small Stone for Jan. 16 2015

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 “…And as we shake hands today upon this broad plain, we may forever live in peace.” – Red Cloud (Makhpiya-Luta) Oglala Sioux Chief, late 19th century

Today, I strive for inner peace,
a calm knowing, acceptance
that where I am in the world,

where I am in my life,
is where I am supposed to be,
that everything is as it should be.

tranquilityMay I find peace,
may I be safe,
may I be healthy

may I move away from fear,
banish the anxiety that takes away
balance and serenity.

CAS Jan. 16, 2015

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