Lighting the Path Less Taken

On the first day, God created the dog and said:

'Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past.. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.'

The dog said: 'That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?'

So God agreed.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said:

'Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span.'

The monkey said: 'Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform.. How about I give you back ten like the Dog did?'

And God agreed.

On the third day, God created the cow and said:

'You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years.'

The cow said: 'That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years.. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?'

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day, God created humans and said:

'Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years.'

But the human said: 'Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?'

'Okay,' said God, 'You asked for it.'

So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the! ! next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information. I'm doing it as a public service.

Oh that made my day.

finally an explanation! :)

Hermie, could we have some more of your poetry/prose/musings here please?
I hope you have them all saved and dated, could you copyright them too?
The one I read on Sahje's thread was really excellent!
Love mia xx

I do not save words
They are on every site that I have visited
Gathering dust

That's a shame.
Your words are beautiful.

Feb 08

Feb 08
Women and weight

When the great masters painted
They painted great beauty
Women with curves
Women with not a bone in sight

Real women that had bodies that begged to be held
When it became fashonable to be really thin
Women became thin

Women have always come in many different size ranges
I'm sure that there are men out there who will except you as you are
There will be men that except you for what you shoe horn yourself in to becoming

But most of all
If you are not happy
That reflects across your universe
And effects everything around you

So be happy for what you are
If you have plans to do something
Do it for the right reasons
Your happyness

hermie

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Look up in to the sky at the birds flying free
You have the same freedom as the birds
Its only you that has built a cage around yourself
Hermie

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More as I get to them, hope it's alright dear Hermie

I have no problems Sage
My words have always been shared

more to come as I get them up

Knowing what you can do
Means you take great care
Love and trust must not be misused

When I have something to share
It comes from the heart

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Men made chocolate to keep women controlled
We can be very short sighted
Because GOD then created the menopause
And all was lost
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Aww Sahje, you are such a wonderful gem (((hugs)))
There you go Hermie (((hugs)))

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I like this, and the one about life span, too funny.

more from the Hermit:
When pain visits your door
Making light of it came over come it
When something gets under your skin
Laugh it off
It can disappear like a dandelion clock in the wind

Does our guard help us or hinder us?
When we are open we get more
When we are protected we cause restrictions
However, is safety everything

I think that it is
However, when I was learning the most
I had not found out about protection
Now I have had fun learning
I have slowed to a crawl
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Saying goodbye to the past is not easy
However, the past may have shaped you
Its is not to be carried around with you
You are not a beast of burden
You are a creature of the light
You should fly free
Flying free can only be done with a light heart

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It is difficult to withdraw from what is expected
However, it is sometime what people need
To really be at one with themselves

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My favorite..so far

When you walk alone in the glade
And walk alone in the glen
Everything is at peace within you
You are left alone with your thoughts

You are alone with your feelings
The breeze circles you with leaves
You can feel the peace all around you
Then the uneasiness comes over you

You have stopped looking outwards at nature
You are looking inwards at human nature
The peace of where you are is disturbed
As you dig deep into the past

Deep into your heart
Listening to the doubts and fears
Buried deep within your soul
Are hidden things best forgotten?

Best left sleeping alone unremembered
Are the fears of your past?
The fears of growing up
The hurts of your past

When you walk in your glades
When you walk in your glen
You are alone with nature
Alone with your thoughts

When you catch a branch
And cut out a piece of your skin
You are alone again with your thoughts
No one to stick the plaster on you hurt

No one to hold you and cuddle you
Being alone is a state of mind
That creeps up when you think too deeply
When you find that moment you are in pain

You are never alone with nature
You are never alone when the wind howls
You are not alone while you can select you memories
You have friends all around you, just waiting to return that call

About Reiki: (and life it would seem)

Like water over stone
Slowly shaping the stone
By changing its course
Just enough to undermine
Just enough to glide over and around
Without causing excessive turbulence
However, still rubbing down the stone slowly
So very smoothly, gently and without a fight

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Joy Reclaimed in Retreat

Having lost life's sparkle
I walked
To the moon lodge-- alone,
There to find some serenity
I could call up when the need arose.

I witnessed a miracle of reclamation
As I counted my blessings once more...
my joy returned
overflowing...
as through the silence
I bore witness
to the miracles I had forgotten in my haste:

Tonight the moon burst!
Yesterday, I taught a child to smile.
This morning,
I found a rainbow on my doorstep,
Tomorrow..
I want to share my joy with you.

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Understanding yourself is always a step forward
We all know what we want
But few understand why we want it