Never to take from creation’s beauty more than we give; never to destroy wantonly for the furtherance of greed;
Never to deny to give our hands for the building of earth’s beauty; never to take from her what we cannot use.
Give us hearts to understand
That to destroy earth’s music is to create confusion; that to wreck her appearance is to blind us to beauty;
That to callously pollute her fragrance is to make a house of stench; that as we care for her she will care for us.
We have forgotten who we are. We have sought only our own security. We have exploited simply for our own ends. We have distorted our knowledge. We have abused our power.
Great Spirit, whose dry lands thirst, Help us to find the way to refresh your lands.
Great Spirit, whose waters are choked with debris and pollution, help us to find the way to cleanse your waters.
Great Spirit, whose beautiful earth grows ugly with misuse, help us to find the way to restore beauty to your handiwork.
Great Spirit, whose creatures are being destroyed, help us to find a way to replenish them.
Great Spirit, whose gifts to us are being lost in selfishness and corruption, help us to find the way to restore our humanity.
Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the wind, whose breath gives life to the world, hear me; I need your strength and wisdom.
Music… Gives me calm… That the world takes from me… Have a wonderful day filled with joy and peace. With a cloud of fragrant kisses from me… Much love♥
Took this from the inside looking out. Blinding and frozen solid! We are up to 29° and while we might get above freezing tomorrow we have 7-10 more nights below freezing with a couple of nights just above to give us hope. Clear skies mean we will be back down to around 15° tonight.
The traveling side of the family! They were in Seattle for 2 weeks during Christmas break.
They left DFW on a delayed flight Friday evening just before flights started getting cancelled. They had a long enough layover in Madrid, that they got to eat and site see before their next flight took off.
They will be in Tel Aviv, Israel until the end of the week. Here they are enjoying ice cream, walking the beach, riding scooters, and enjoying much warmer temperatures; at least until they get back to DFW. My son is in his yearly meetings as his company is based in Israel.
And update on Reba. The remedies we are giving her are helping her! She has been out the doggie door and back in on her own several times since 5:30 this morning. She is drinking water but I haven't seen her eat dog food as it is always down for our 3 and both grand dogs. Thank you for your love!
Xo
