My wonderful niece, Lynn, showed me this video and my second reaction (the first was weeping) was to say "I've got to blog this." This man has the heart and soul of a saint.
This is the address www.wimp.com/wecould/ Let me know how this touched you.
Love in the struggle,
Anne
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
CRAZY HORSE - TASUNKE WITKO
excerpts and information from THE JOURNEY OF CRAZY HORSE, by Joseph M. Marshall III
"As the brilliant leader of a desperate cause and one of the most perenially fascinating figures of the American West, Crazy Horse...brought the United States Army to its knees...."
He was more.... He was many things and fulfilled many roles. He was a son, husband, brother, father and teacher. He was a crafter of weapons and tools, a hunter and tracker, horseman, scout, and fighting man, to list a few. He was also a deep thinker, a shy loner, a fierce defender of all that he held dear, a keen observer, a rejected suitor, a moral person, a family man, and a patriot. In short he lived his life, he made decisions, he took action, he reacted, he made mistakes, and he enjoyed or suffered the consequences of who and what he was and what he did or didn't do. That is his legacy.... I think of him as Wica or ":complete man". Wica is what every Lakota man strove to be. A Wica was the kind of a man who demonstrated the highest Lakota virtues of generosity, courage, fortitude, and wisdom.
"As the brilliant leader of a desperate cause and one of the most perenially fascinating figures of the American West, Crazy Horse...brought the United States Army to its knees...."
He was more.... He was many things and fulfilled many roles. He was a son, husband, brother, father and teacher. He was a crafter of weapons and tools, a hunter and tracker, horseman, scout, and fighting man, to list a few. He was also a deep thinker, a shy loner, a fierce defender of all that he held dear, a keen observer, a rejected suitor, a moral person, a family man, and a patriot. In short he lived his life, he made decisions, he took action, he reacted, he made mistakes, and he enjoyed or suffered the consequences of who and what he was and what he did or didn't do. That is his legacy.... I think of him as Wica or ":complete man". Wica is what every Lakota man strove to be. A Wica was the kind of a man who demonstrated the highest Lakota virtues of generosity, courage, fortitude, and wisdom.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
WHAT DO I CALL YOU?
excerpt from @RACE UNITY (see Aug 31, 2010)
We are all one and we are all unique. When we know this on a visceral level, a spiritual level, and emotional level, an intellectual level, on a family level we will be where we need to be.
I asked a friend of mine what he wanted to be called (referring to ethnicity, race, etc.) His answer was "Matthew". When my children were growing up I taught them to describe gestures, hair color, eye color, clothes color, etc. to designate an individual. If they were not born in America I asked them to also name the country, this gave a hint as to possible cutural differences. These were basically observations, not value judgments. It I wanted to know what they were like, they were taught kind, sweet, nice, funny, honest, friendly, shy, etc.
It is interesting to be on email and know I can't see the person but become familiar with the ways of expressing feelings, thoughts, ideas and opinions. I miss the variety of visual stimulation but know I am seeing more of the inner person when the responses are honest and sincere even though not always in agreement. It takes longer to feel comfortable because I tend to want to see the expression in the eyes and body language to get a sense of sincerity, intensity, et.
Must get back to work but know I love you,
Anne
We are all one and we are all unique. When we know this on a visceral level, a spiritual level, and emotional level, an intellectual level, on a family level we will be where we need to be.
I asked a friend of mine what he wanted to be called (referring to ethnicity, race, etc.) His answer was "Matthew". When my children were growing up I taught them to describe gestures, hair color, eye color, clothes color, etc. to designate an individual. If they were not born in America I asked them to also name the country, this gave a hint as to possible cutural differences. These were basically observations, not value judgments. It I wanted to know what they were like, they were taught kind, sweet, nice, funny, honest, friendly, shy, etc.
It is interesting to be on email and know I can't see the person but become familiar with the ways of expressing feelings, thoughts, ideas and opinions. I miss the variety of visual stimulation but know I am seeing more of the inner person when the responses are honest and sincere even though not always in agreement. It takes longer to feel comfortable because I tend to want to see the expression in the eyes and body language to get a sense of sincerity, intensity, et.
Must get back to work but know I love you,
Anne
Thursday, February 17, 2011
THE GLOBAL VILLAGE
excerpt from WISDOM OF OTHERS, (see Aug 31, 2010). This was printed in the UTNE READER, July/August 1990. p144, from World Development Forum (April 15, 1990)
If our world were a village of 1,000 people, what would its ethnic and religious composition be? IRED Forum, a publication of the Geneva-based ...Development Innovations and Networks, cites the approximate populations as follows:
In the village would be:
564 Asians
210 Europeans
86 Africans
80 South Americans
60 North Americans
There would be:
300 Christians (183 Catholics, 84 Protestants, 33 Orthodox)
175 Moslems
128 Hindus
55 Buddhists
47 Animists
210 without any religion or atheist
Of these people:
60 would control half the total income
500 would be hungry
600 would live in shantytowns
700 would be illiterate
Has it changed significantly since then?
If our world were a village of 1,000 people, what would its ethnic and religious composition be? IRED Forum, a publication of the Geneva-based ...Development Innovations and Networks, cites the approximate populations as follows:
In the village would be:
564 Asians
210 Europeans
86 Africans
80 South Americans
60 North Americans
There would be:
300 Christians (183 Catholics, 84 Protestants, 33 Orthodox)
175 Moslems
128 Hindus
55 Buddhists
47 Animists
210 without any religion or atheist
Of these people:
60 would control half the total income
500 would be hungry
600 would live in shantytowns
700 would be illiterate
Has it changed significantly since then?
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN
excerpt from I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN by Robert Fulghum
Most of what I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandpile... These are the things I learned:
Share everything
Play fair
Don't hit people
Put things back where you found them
Clean up your own mess
Don't take things that aren't yours
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody
Wash your hands before you eat
Flush
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you
Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some
Take a nap every afternoon
When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together
Be aware of wonder
Most of what I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandpile... These are the things I learned:
Share everything
Play fair
Don't hit people
Put things back where you found them
Clean up your own mess
Don't take things that aren't yours
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody
Wash your hands before you eat
Flush
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you
Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some
Take a nap every afternoon
When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together
Be aware of wonder
Monday, February 14, 2011
HUMAN FAMILY- MAYA ANGELOU
excerpt from @RACEUNITY(see Aug 31, 2010) sent to unity group 9-26-99, written by Maya Angelou
HUMAN FAMILY
by Maya Angelou
I note the obvious differences
in the human family.
Some of us are serious,
Some thrive on comedy.
Some declare their lives are lived
as true profundity,
and others claim they really live
the real reality.
The variety of our skin tones
can confuse, bemuse, delight,
brown and pink and beige and purple,
tan and blue and white.
I've sailed upon the seven seas
and stopped in every land,
I've seen the wonders of the world,
not yet one common man.
I know ten thousand women
called Jane and Mary Jane,
but I've not seen any two
who really were the same.
Mirror twins are different
although their features jibe,
and lovers think quite different thoughts
while lying side by side.
We love and lose in China,
we weep on England's moors,
and laugh and moan in Guinea
and thrive on Spanish shores.
We seek success in Finland,
are born and die in Maine.
In minor ways we differ,
in major we're the same.
I note the obvious differences
between each sort and type,
but we are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike.
We are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike.
We are more alike, my firends,
than we are
HUMAN FAMILY
by Maya Angelou
I note the obvious differences
in the human family.
Some of us are serious,
Some thrive on comedy.
Some declare their lives are lived
as true profundity,
and others claim they really live
the real reality.
The variety of our skin tones
can confuse, bemuse, delight,
brown and pink and beige and purple,
tan and blue and white.
I've sailed upon the seven seas
and stopped in every land,
I've seen the wonders of the world,
not yet one common man.
I know ten thousand women
called Jane and Mary Jane,
but I've not seen any two
who really were the same.
Mirror twins are different
although their features jibe,
and lovers think quite different thoughts
while lying side by side.
We love and lose in China,
we weep on England's moors,
and laugh and moan in Guinea
and thrive on Spanish shores.
We seek success in Finland,
are born and die in Maine.
In minor ways we differ,
in major we're the same.
I note the obvious differences
between each sort and type,
but we are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike.
We are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike.
We are more alike, my firends,
than we are
Friday, February 11, 2011
FINDING THE AUTHENTIC SELF
Have you ever wondered who and what you really are?
Some say we are a product of our environment. Is the core of who we are due to the level of poverty or wealth? to the education of our parents and then ourselves? the neighborhood we grew up in? the religion our ancestors held to? the traumas and stresses we had to endure and/or overcome?
Some say we are a product of the genetic make-up our ancestors passed on to us. Do we have a choice about how we turn out or is our destiny already laid out? Does our height, our skin, eyes and hair color determine our destiny? Does our health or lack thereof form our future? Is our mental capacity, our emotional stability, our personality pre-determined?
What if we are merely the results of a roll of the dice with these influences we had no control over?
I pose that if we consciously examine all these factors, actively distill all these variables then look with our hearts and our minds we can find that essence of ourselves that turns out to be truly us? We didn't choose all of these variables but we can choose how we react to them.
We can choose to be honest, kind, forgiving, giving, nurturing, loving, spiritual and express that in a fashion unique to just ourselves.
Love in the sturggle,
Anne
Some say we are a product of our environment. Is the core of who we are due to the level of poverty or wealth? to the education of our parents and then ourselves? the neighborhood we grew up in? the religion our ancestors held to? the traumas and stresses we had to endure and/or overcome?
Some say we are a product of the genetic make-up our ancestors passed on to us. Do we have a choice about how we turn out or is our destiny already laid out? Does our height, our skin, eyes and hair color determine our destiny? Does our health or lack thereof form our future? Is our mental capacity, our emotional stability, our personality pre-determined?
What if we are merely the results of a roll of the dice with these influences we had no control over?
I pose that if we consciously examine all these factors, actively distill all these variables then look with our hearts and our minds we can find that essence of ourselves that turns out to be truly us? We didn't choose all of these variables but we can choose how we react to them.
We can choose to be honest, kind, forgiving, giving, nurturing, loving, spiritual and express that in a fashion unique to just ourselves.
Love in the sturggle,
Anne
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
ODE TO DAN
excerpt from ANNE'S WRITINGS (see Aug 31, 2010)
This was written while in high school friend passed away suddenly from a stroke at such a young age.
ODE TO DAN
He was only prelude
Of the part he was to play.
Why did he leave
Before the opening night?
He was the spring season,
The promise of golden summer.
Why did he go before
The fields showed his glory?
They say there is a reason
And in my heart this is true.
God, did You want his smile,
His kindness, his faith, with You?
I don't question Your wisdom.
I know You are all wise.
And work Your wonders here
Because of Your love for us.
Help me dear Lord, to see
Why my friend before his height
But with strength to climb
Left this earth for a home sublime?
Anne - High School, 1955
This was written while in high school friend passed away suddenly from a stroke at such a young age.
ODE TO DAN
He was only prelude
Of the part he was to play.
Why did he leave
Before the opening night?
He was the spring season,
The promise of golden summer.
Why did he go before
The fields showed his glory?
They say there is a reason
And in my heart this is true.
God, did You want his smile,
His kindness, his faith, with You?
I don't question Your wisdom.
I know You are all wise.
And work Your wonders here
Because of Your love for us.
Help me dear Lord, to see
Why my friend before his height
But with strength to climb
Left this earth for a home sublime?
Anne - High School, 1955
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
JUMPING AROUND
Some of you might wonder why I seem to jump around from one theme or person to another. As we go through life we meet different people and obstacles without a chance to sort them out and take them on one at a time. Life is not so orderly.
If I stayed with one subject until I finished (until my life is over, I am never finished) that might not be the one you were most moved by and then you might drift away. For example, if you are Native American learning of African Americans encourages oneness and vice versa. Also, seeing your own culture honored might build your own self esteem. My goal was and is to engage you in a journey toward oneness and hope you pass this journey to others. You can't really recommend this to others if you don't know what it contains.
The list I update (mostly monthly) gives enough information to pick and choose topics. If you want to know who I am the very first and second blogs August 25, 2010 etc. gives you a start.
If I stayed with one subject until I finished (until my life is over, I am never finished) that might not be the one you were most moved by and then you might drift away. For example, if you are Native American learning of African Americans encourages oneness and vice versa. Also, seeing your own culture honored might build your own self esteem. My goal was and is to engage you in a journey toward oneness and hope you pass this journey to others. You can't really recommend this to others if you don't know what it contains.
The list I update (mostly monthly) gives enough information to pick and choose topics. If you want to know who I am the very first and second blogs August 25, 2010 etc. gives you a start.
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