intention...M. A. Radmacher: line 1 for July 2016 b

tags: intention

“Live with intention.

accomplishing goals;

that long abandoned list - still there

slowly tackle it

©JP/dh

Walk to the edge.

Listen Hard.

Practice wellness.

Play with abandon.

Laugh.

Choose with no regret.

Appreciate your friends.

Continue to learn.

Do what you love.

Live as if this is all there is.”

Mary Anne Radmacher

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/149829.Mary_Anne_Radmacher

Just Karma 130 (N7) for July 2016 b

Just Karma 130

Native Wisdom 7

Tabulating Twice

Two eyes, two ears, one mouth; goes the prayer

To see more, hear more, speak less; in harmony

to always listen

to your complaints, brings me frowns

when do/ can you smile?

Two siblings, two personalities; drifting with sighs

Two far shores, two different lives; passing ships

perseverance and

determined spirits tend to

only haunt themselves

©JP/dh

(Free verse, haiku)

All things in the world are two. In our minds we are two -

good and evil. With our eyes we see two things - things that

are fair and things that are ugly...We have the right hand that

strikes and makes for evil,and the left hand full of kindness, near

the heart. One foot may lead us to an evil way, the other foot

may lead us to good. So are all things two, all two.

Eagle Chief [Letakots-Lesa] (late 19th Century) Pawnee

Native American Wisdom

Photographs by Edward S. Curtis

Chapters:

From Father to Son; Religion, Tradition and Being

One Sky Above Us: Unity, Individuality, and Custom

The Sweet Breathing of Flowers; Earth, Nature, And Reverence

and  Walk the Good Road; Youth, Age and the Worlds of Change

Just Karma 129 (N6) for July 2016 b

Just Karma 129

Native Wisdom 6

Exactly Different

Two birds from the same nest

Different flights of independence

Though you expect the different roads to merge

Only when it is convenient for you

And then wonder why more distance is created.

I

Have found

My individuality that

You choose to constantly

question

Though

You give no explanations

To your own

Independent road;

Why?

©JP/dh (Free verse, Elfje and Reverse Elfje)

“All birds, even those of the same species, are not alike, and it

Is the same with animals and with human beings. The reason

Wakantanka does not make two birds, or animals, or human beings

exactly alike is because each is placed here by Wakantanka

to be an independent individuality and to rely upon itself.”

Shooter (late 19th century) Teton Sioux

Native American Wisdom

Photographs by Edward S. Curtis

Chapters:

From Father to Son; Religion, Tradition and Being

One Sky Above Us: Unity, Individuality, and Custom

The Sweet Breathing of Flowers; Earth, Nature, And Reverence

and  Walk the Good Road; Youth, Age and the Worlds of Change

Just Karma 128 (N5) for July 2016 b

Just Karma 128

Native Wisdom 5

Rock Solid

My home could have been yours.

But for the secrets the walls have kept.

The words shouted at all that unfairness embedded in the walls.

It is still a strong house; my body, who I am -

Who you refuse to see.

Stone

The opal

Filled with imperfections

Therein lies the beauty;

see?

©JP/dh (Free verse and Elfje)

7.5.16

“The outline of the stone is round, having no end and no beginning;

like the power of the stone it is endless. The stone is perfect of its

kind and is the work of nature, no artificial means being used in

shaping it. Outwardly it is not beautiful, but its structure is solid,

Like a solid house in which one may safely dwell.

Chaised-by-Bears (1843-1915)

Santee-Yanktonai Sioux

Native American Wisdom

Photographs by Edward S. Curtis

Chapters:

From Father to Son; Religion, Tradition and Being

One Sky Above Us: Unity, Individuality, and Custom

The Sweet Breathing of Flowers; Earth, Nature, And Reverence

and  Walk the Good Road; Youth, Age and the Worlds of Change

Just Karma 127 (N4) for July 2016 b

Just Karma 127

Native Wisdom 4

Dust ?

Many beliefs have similar concepts.

Believing in justice for the injustices

that seem to plague humanity.  

You dare me

To wish, not knowing, caring

About my pain

Since you refuse to listen to mine and will

not share your own, how can you proclaim

To be both judge and jury?

Can the slate

Be cleaned of your spoken

Chalk like words

I have to believe that my deserts will be

fair by the Force that allows me to live in

and enjoy simple moments.

©JP/dh

(Free verse and Collum Lunes)

We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and

Hears everything, and that he never forgets; that the hereafter

he will give every man a spirit-home according to his deserts...

This I believe, and all my people believe the same.

Joseph [Hinmation Yalarkit] (1830-1904)

Nez Percé chief

Native American Wisdom

Photographs by Edward S. Curtis

Chapters:

From Father to Son; Religion, Tradition and Being

One Sky Above Us: Unity, Individuality, and Custom

The Sweet Breathing of Flowers; Earth, Nature, And Reverence

and  Walk the Good Road; Youth, Age and the Worlds of Change

Just Karma 126 (N3) for July 2016 b

Just Karma 126

Native Wisdom 3

Borne Different

I

Have wondered

I have settled

I am freer than

most

*

Yet

Your sadness haunts me

Mostly because you

Will not share

It

©JP/dh (Elfje and reverse Elfje)

“I was born upon the prairie, where the wind blew free, and there

was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there

were no enclosures, and where everything drew free breath...

I know every stream and wood between the Rio Grande and the

Arkansas. I have hunted and lived over that country. I lived like

my fathers before me, and like them, I lived happily.”

Ten Bears [Parra-wa-samen] (late 19th century)

Yamparethka Comanche chief

Native American Wisdom

Photographs by Edward S. Curtis

Chapters:

From Father to Son; Religion, Tradition and Being

One Sky Above Us: Unity, Individuality, and Custom

The Sweet Breathing of Flowers; Earth, Nature, And Reverence

and  Walk the Good Road; Youth, Age and the Worlds of Change

Just Karma 125 (N2) for July 2016 b

Just Karma 125

Native Wisdom 2

barely breathing

whisper wind; my voice

too far the relatives are...

silent - the earth hears

©JP/dh

7.2.16

“Hear me, four quarters of the world - a relative I am!

Give me the strength to walk the soft earth,

A relative to all that is! Give me the eyes to see

and the strength to understand, that I may be like you.

With your power only can I face the winds.

Black Elk (1863-1950) Oglala Sioux holy man

Native American Wisdom

Photographs by Edward S. Curtis

Chapters:

From Father to Son; Religion, Tradition and Being

One Sky Above Us: Unity, Individuality, and Custom

The Sweet Breathing of Flowers; Earth, Nature, And Reverence

and  Walk the Good Road; Youth, Age and the Worlds of Change