Bird Feeder

To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Monday, February 06, 2006

Godess?


I took the test Angie has in her blog and this was my results. For some reason the pictures that copy and paste to post don't work anymore. I don't know what I am doing wrong. If anyone can help me I would love some guidence. I did have a picture of a dream catcher on my previous post and it disappeared.

You are Form 1, Goddess: The Creator."And The Goddess planted the acorn of life. She cried a single tear and shed a single drop of blood upon the earth where she buried it. From her blood and tear, the acorn grew into the world."Some examples of the Goddess Form are Gaia (Greek), Jehova (Christian), and Brahma (Indian).The Goddess is associated with the concept of creation, the number 1, and the element of earth. Her sign is the dawn sun.As a member of Form 1, you are a charismatic individual and people are drawn to you. Although sometimes you may seem emotionally distant, you are deeply in tune with other people's feelings and have tremendous empathy. Sometimes you have a tendency to neglect your own self. Goddesses are the best friends to have because they're always willing to help. 6196 other people got this result!This quiz has been taken 46866 times.13% of people had this result.

Thursday, February 02, 2006

What about dreams?

Recently a restaurant (Bodine’s) that our family particularly loved to frequent closed it’s doors to make room for yet another casino. This one is supposed to be a western theme. Oh yea that’s fresh and new for the area. So I knew I was sort of morning the loss of a place that held so many great memories of good times with my family but last night I had the strangest dream. I was meeting my mother for lunch at Bodine’s. I must have still been working at the time because I only had an hour to have lunch with her and get back to work. The waitress came past our table and said she would be with us shortly, but half an hour went by and she hadn’t come back. So I was complaining to the hostess and she sent over the owner. He took my mom’s order but wouldn’t take mine. He said our waitress would have to come and get my order. Well I waited another 15 minutes and she still hadn’t come back. I called my work on my cell phone and told them that I would be late. For some reason that was just fine with them. I then got up and tracked down my waitress in another room and yelled at her that she was a terrible waitress and shouldn’t be working at this really great restaurant. She completely agreed with me and said she was sorry but I was till fuming and went through the kitchen to find the owner to tell him all about it. When I couldn’t find him I went back to my table to find my mother sitting calmly still waiting for her food. She told me to relax and sit down that it would all be just fine. Then the dream switched to some other crazy stuff and I can’t really remember any more. Now what meaning could this have for me? I know that I really haven’t dealt much with my mom’s or my dad’s passing. Could this be my way of working something out? Does setting in the now closed restaurant have some significance? Many people think that when our body sleeps to replenish our strength that our spirit plays out our emotional issues that need resolution through our dreams. I really don’t know, but this dream made me want to find out more. Then when I woke up and turned on the television a show called new morning (http://www.newmorningtv.tv/todaysshow.jsp) was on. It was all about dreams and how important they are and that we shouldn’t take them so lightly. We need to use them to strengthen ourselves. Wow it made me really think. This one Indian man who makes dream catchers Dream-Catchers.org was on and he told of how each one is different and how it is important for the dream catcher to have symbolic items on it that mean things to the owner. It is supposed to be a conduit for that person to use his dream to help them cope with life and make the most of it. Anyway I think that I am going to make my own dream catcher, and then start journaling my dreams and see what happens.



God speaks to us again and again when we are deeply sleeping."
-- Book of Job

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Old Friends

I had a best friend in high school named Penny. When we went away to college we were room mates and then we were in each others weddings. We tried to keep in touch through the years but life and miles got between us. Penny was always the organized one and keeps sending me birthday and Christmas cards each year. She always addes a letter to update me on what is going on with her. This last Christmas when I got her card and letter she had added her e-mail address and I vowed then to write to her. So I did keep my vow and how wonderful it feels to touch bases with her again. Somehow the people that have shared those very young and developing years hold deep strong places in your hearts. Now I want to take the time to make a trip to visit with her. She only lives about a 5 or 6 hour drive from us so there isn't any really good reason not to visit from time to time. I guess that could be said for my sister who lives in Oregon. She is only a 6 hour drive away. I can't seem to find time to do that either. What is it about everyday life that seems to callas our minds to what is really important?