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 |  A journey through life, complete with life lessons! |
   Thank you Wanbli Ska, for this beautiful gift of poetry! Welcome! I share with you here, some lessons through life, and from some old wise ones. Even children and animals have been my teachers. These experiences that we go through in life are meant to teach us something. To help us grow spiritually. Be grateful for them... give thanks, for they are all needed. ~SummerLyn |
| Food For Thought...That's All It Is! |
 This magically appeared in my life today, and...so thought enough of it to pass it on to you as 'food for thought'...Life is good!!!  This is what you do. If you feel low, you stand tall. You mess up, you move on. You want to try something, try it, and if it was a stupid thing to try, you look it in the eye. There's no turning back. You apologize if you're sorry, but know that the nimblest, strongest hands can't rebuild a bridge out of embers, so cut new wood. Start from scratch. You love with your whole heart. If you're jealous, talk yourself from the ledge. If you can't talk yourself down from the ledge, have a good time up there, looking down on the world. If you have to lie to make everything true again, lie like you mean it. If you find yourself in a cage, reach out through the bars for the key, unlock the door, and run away. If running away gets dangerous, run home. If home doesn't mean what it used to mean, decide what home will be in the future. If your best friend says she doesn't trust you, hold her jaw in your hand until it hurts, and make her face you. Thats all it takes. If you think you love a guy, see how his hand looks in yours, thats all it takes. If you get exiled into a new land, then go discover it. And if you feel like you're drowning, go swimming. ~ Hobson Brown My 'Gift' Of Song For You This Day~ |
| Words That Wound...Scars UnSeen |
 Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. ~ Patrick Rothfuss (The Name of the Wind) With life's happenings...I sort of have been feeling like a lone autumn leaf that has fallen from an old oak tree...sitting alone...a gust of wind blowing me here and there, until finally a strong wind blows me so hard that I am in pieces. Speaking of strong wind...since I have been banned from Laura's boyfriend's FB...I guess I can freely say the latest happenings...or can I?  ...An encounter with him yesterday left me wondering why on earth I was just sitting there taking all the garbage that was coming out of his mouth with his yelling at me and throwing things all over because he feels I am an evil person and I am the blame for alot of things. I admit I am not quite the angel and I have given thoughts that he does not agree with, amongst other things, but I don't believe anyone should be treated, nor should take anything from anyone like that, but there I was.... I just stood there...I figured...'Well..perhaps it will make him feel better.' It most certainly didn't make me feel good...but if it made another feel good...well then...I am happy I could help. After he had finished stomping, yelling and getting in my face...he finally asked me if I wanted a drink because he was pouring one for himself...I asked him, "What are you having?" Even though I just wanted to book out of there..."Bourbon and coke."...thinking to myself...I don't even drink but heck this might make me feel better...after three I felt no more pain.  Life is good!..Called her as I was leaving his house and attempting to find my way back to Philadelphia(Mississippi)...she asked, "Was he Mad?!..What did he say?" I replied, "Nahhhh...He was very kind and a perfect gentleman! He loves you." .And as I understand it...they are still together...and I say...'Bring it on! I can take it!!' Hope they are happy together!  My 'Gift' Of Song For You This Day!~ |
| When I Get Where I'm Going...... |
 “Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.” ~Max L. Forman I think when I get to where I'm going...If there are some 'Gates' as the story describes, and there is someone there to greet me...I don't think he or she will be looking for the medals I won in this lifetime, nor the ribbons that were given to me on my writing achievements. My diplomas will not get me in the door to the other side there, but moreso a look at my life and to see just how many scars I've got. For the road has been long...sometimes narrow and with many winding turns. Some thorns along the way have pierced me, but I do believe I'll be welcomed. If there were some questions about if I used my time wisely, I'd have to say, "Not always but I tried." And if there was a question of wisdom, I'd have to admit that although honesty was the first in my chapter of Wisdom...I didn't always utilize what I learned in this book. Could I have done better? ...Sure...but could I have done worse...Why, Yes! I remembered to treat people with honor and respect. I remembered they were my brothers and sisters, no matter how nasty they got with me, and I sure as heck gave enough love, compassion and forgiveness. Just ramblings today is all.... My 'Gift' Of Song For You This Day~ |
| Sometimes Life's Like A Runaway Train... |
 Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be. ~Leo Tolstoy So...I am sitting across from a friend, who simply pours it out that her boyfriend of several months has called her 'twisted' and 'cold'...along with a long list of other things that I just can't remember. I sip my coffee and my mind wanders..here she is thinking she is worthless simply because a man tells her that he doesn't love her....because he has told her as much. And my mind turns back to her again and I am thinking as I stare at her..."here you are telling me you have no place to go because he threw you out like yesterdays garbage...so you feel like 'garbage'. Hmmm...Is this Love?..." I believe it was Tony Morrison who gave this analogy that I liked...She said, Did you ever see the way the clouds love a mountain? They circle all around it; sometimes you can't even see the mountain for the clouds. But you know what? You go up top and what do you see? His head. The clouds never cover the head. His head pokes through, beacuse the clouds let him; they don't wrap him up. They let him keep his head up high, free, with nothing to hide him or bind him. Love to me...should be like this analogy. If you are going to turn over your heart to someone...better yet...If you are going to be turning over your entire life to another...than he should be valuing it just as much, or if not more than you value it. Just a thought or two placed out this day...And well...I am thinking I just may have needed something to 'blog' about again...guessing I got it this morning. I am wishing you all peace in your moments given. My 'Gift' Of Song For You This Day~ |
| It's Been So Long..Do I Remember How To Do This? |
 I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree~ And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again. That would be good both going and coming back. One could do worse than be a swinger of birches. ~Robert Frost I swear 'life is but a dream'...I wonder if...in truth...this is all but an 'Illusion'...for it seems that life is like a Kaleidoscope...ever changing...sometimes moving too fast. It has been this way for me lately...Just had a whole lot of things happening...too many to remember. Yet...I just thought to let people know that I am still around...hanging in there. Winter is setting in...thinking it's right around the corner. Wishing you peace in your moments always{/font:comic}~ My 'Gift' Of Song For You~ |
| Moving Forward....... |
 Do you know what it's like to love someone so much, that you can't see yourself without picturing her? Or what it's like to touch someone, and feel like you've come home? ~ Jodi Picoult (from the Book, The Pact It's been awhile...Yeah! It's been awhile! Alot of things happening, yet it just seems every time I manage to get in here...I find the message of a reminder in my mailbox that I need to 'update my blog.' Let me go ahead and do that! I will update you all on what has been happening. And well...it begins with Laura whose man cheated on her...I know I was in shock myself over here. I wouldn't have ever thought it would have been something like that...I would have actually thought that they would have just branched apart and eventually go their separate ways...but nooooo! It's okay though...she has another and the man may just be her blessing. Although he is quite a bit older.  I get the feeling he is true and more in line with her. I pray this is so! Distance these days, seems to be their biggest feat. As for me...I just can't stay here in this darkness for much longer, so I ventured off to find another place and found 'the place of peace' for me. It's out in the middle of nowhere(where I like it!)...of course it's not my log cabin...  but hey!!!...You can't have everything in life! Life is good!  I miss the children as well! I don't really know what happened after that last time. I never did see them again!   Perhaps they sensed what I sense here. Okay well...Sundance...powwows(Oglala Nation Powwow is coming up!)...just alot of things happening...including the Sturgis Bike Rally! Keeping busy here...but not too far from being able to say, Hello! Ohhh yesss...my phone broke(another story! LOL) so if anyone happens to call me...I will eventually call you back! Wishing you beauty in your moments there! Stay well...stay happy! My 'Gift' Of Song For You This Day~ |
| Good Day...Good Life Everyone!! |
 Do onto others, as you'd like done to yourself. Isn't that how that saying goes?...And well...it was Wallace Black Elk who was quoted as saying something similar. He said, "If bad words come, I let them come in one ear and go out the other. I never let them come out of my mouth. If a bad word comes in your ear and then comes out of your mouth, it will go someplace and hurt somebody. If I did that, that hurt would come back twice as hard on me." It is wise to remember this, because words have power. Words can be like a sword...they can either aid or hurt. Wishing you peace in your moments there...remember to be kind. My 'Gift' Of Song For You This Day~ |
| A Simple Act Of Compassion~ |
 ... when I was hungry, you fed me. When I was thirsty, you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. ~The Bible(Matthew 25:34-36) It's been awhile since I blogged. Time just hasn't been my friend and life has been calling me elsewhere. Yet, I thought to share a story of a long time friend of mine, who every day, feeds some stray cats where he works. Each morning, religiously, before he starts works he sets down food for a mother cat and her babies to eat and receive some nourishment. He comes in early just so he can accomplish this task. He doesn't look for anything in return from them. His love and dedication is unconditional. A perfect example of how we should all be. It needs to be remembered that what you do to your brother, you do to yourself. If I honor my brother...then it is, I honor myself. Remember: Mitakuye Oyasin! In Lakota, it means that we are all connected. We are all related. Just thought to place this out as a reminder this day, and to give 'honor' to my friend and brother. Wishing you peace in your moments ~ My 'Gift' Of Song For You This Day~ |
| Yesterday's Gift~ |
 Love is the very essence of life. It is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Yet it is not found only at the end of the rainbow. Love is at the beginning also, and from it springs the beauty that arched across the sky on a stormy day. ~ Gordon B. Hinckley A beautiful afternoon for you out there, and may you have a safe and happy weekend...although it must be remembered that the freedom of your ancestors from their perils meant the bondage of others of whom this land was taken from. Something to think about anyway! And well...yesterday's venture brought me over to downtown Rapid City where every Thursday evening they have a festival called, 'Summer Nights'. A time well spent! Aside from sharing some photos with you of the festival itself, I wanted to share this 'gift' given to me last night as I was leaving. Oddly, as I was taking this photo, a friend of mine...Clark, came to my mind. The memory of last summer and bringing him to the Cornerstone Mission as an eye opening experience for him, came to mind. I recalled how he had taken many photographs while there...and then my phone rang as I had just finished taking this shot. I fumbled to find my phone that was buried in my bag and there he was. He had just called. Surprisingly, as he was phoning me to let me know he was in town again, he looked up to see this beautiful rainbow. Talk about 'Magical' moments!  And well...since I am not familiar with getting them to 'rotate'...I will just share them as is...  ...and the band played! can't remember the name of the band, but I thought they were very good!  I happened to catch my friend, John helping to set up for the Summer Night's Festival.  ...and I know I have shared with you about my friend, Paul celebrating another year of being cancer-free. He was also on hand to enjoy this festival. Wishing I had more time to share more, but unfortunately I don't have it. Yet...It was a wonderful evening spent!  My 'Gift' Of Song For You This Day~ |
| Oh Lord...Are There Really People Starving Still?!..... |
 Let us not ever become Silent About those things that matter!!! ~Me ....The above quote came to me while I was deep in prayer one evening not too long ago. I believe it was brought to me, to bring me back to my 'purpose' here...things that matter. I've somehow gone off the track at times. You know, people of America...here we are...summer has finally arrived...I look here and there in these Black Hills and I see so many tourists. People who have saved for an entire year to arrive here in this part of America to see the sights. "Look!...There's Mt. Rushmore!"..."Ohhhhh...there's Crazy Horse Monument!" A beautiful place here in this country you have dubbed, The United States of America, but what you are all missing people, are those who go without voices, aside from those monuments. Lands that are being used as bombing ranges with people living not too far from them. The waters being poisoned and making people sick. I once asked an Elder, why it was they called this land you see in the picture above...The Badlands. She said, "Because it's no good Summer. Nothing would grow here...even the wasicu's 'devil' wouldn't live here." As she sat there rocking... she just sort of laughed and then looked down, as if recalling her past. And don't you knoww...they put the Lakota people here in hopes they wouldn't survive. This is something that matters people. To me, however...it's the most beautiful place...a place of peace, yet it speaks silently of suffering. Yes my friends, there are still people starving still! And you see that picture there?! You can find them there....but if you look good enough in your own area, you can find them there too! There are children that are lucky if they can get one meal aday. Some elders still live out in those lands with nothing to keep them from the frigid winter's cold, the strong blowing winds of the plains, but plastic as windows. Those harsh summers.... There are still many without electricity, never mind an air conditioner...nor do they have running water. And while I am not pitching for you to send your money anywhere...I am asking you to take notice that your Government lies to you. People of this "America" need to help their own before extending that hand out there to other countries. This is what matters. Take a look around your own area. There are people starving still! I find this appalling, especially when we pride ourselves in saying that we are the richest country in the world! I won't remain silent about this, when there are children and elders in need....even families now that are in need! It's all around you...just look! Educate yourself and help your neighbor when you can....for isn't that the Golden Rule? Love One Another! Personally..I am tired of seeing people suffering. Pleasant dreams when sleep finally finds you..... My 'Gift' Of Song For You This Night~ love the words in this.... |
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