Monday, May 25, 2009

blue heron


above is a picture that I drew at work with the kids tonight.
I decided it was a blue heron .....so I looked up the information below after I got home.
kinda cool.
Namaste,
Michele



The Meaning of the Blue Heron

The blue heron is a totem (symbol) of someone who has chosen to claim their life as their own.

According to North American Native tradition, the Blue Heron brings messages of self-determination and self-reliance. They represent an ability to progress and evolve. The long thin legs of the heron reflect that an individual doesn’t need great massive pillars to remain stable, but must be able to stand on one’s own.

Blue Herons have the innate wisdom of being able to maneuver through life and co-create their own circumstances. Blue Herons reflect a need for those with this totem to follow their own unique wisdom and path of self-determination. These individuals know what is best for themselves and need to follow their hearts rather than the promptings of others. Those with the Medicine of the Great Blue Heron may sit until the rest of us lose patience. And, when they choose to follow the promptings of the heart, they are one of the most magnificent when they soar.

This is the message that Blue Heron brings.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Peace!!


Mira made this on our driveway yesterday. :)


Think enough and you won't know anything.

-Kenneth Patchen

Sunshine Daydream!!!

it is that time.......time for orange van to come out and play!!!
hope you enjoy the poem below. My friend Jay sent it..........very beautiful.
Namaste,
Michele

Whenever I water flowers

somewhere

a hummingbird appears

and dances.

For a long time

I've watched that dance

not knowing

what moves me so.

Today

I see.

In a hummingbird's dance

there is no bird

only movement.

The dance

danced without an "I"

is the dance with a heart.

-“Don Juan Matus,

translated by Ok-Koo Kang Grosjean

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Joy


Can you find Joy in this picture?
I found this joy on my friend, Arlene's beach. :)
I hope you like
the words below!!!
love,
Michele


I believe everything is one thing only. That said, there are some questions in my life that I don’t know...I’ve stopped asking. At the very beginning of my life, I wanted to have answers for everything. And now I respect the fact that I can’t have answers for everything.
-Paulo Coelho

Friday, May 22, 2009

Opening






Above are pictures from Medina Strings' (grade 5-8) concert on the square today.
beautiful day.....beautiful concert.
Hope you like the words below!!!
Namaste,
Michele



Today is a day of rest, a day of meditation, a day of going inward.
It is a day to surrender the past, to forgive, to let go of the aspects of your life that no longer work. It is a day to affirm the essence of who you are and to open yourself to a new vision of the future. -Paul Ferrini

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Hidden post





This post is hidden :)


Here is Mr. Chronister's teacher gift.
This is a back door on my blog so nobody will see it unless I link them to it.
Each student's thumbprint is turned either into a football or a buckeye.
I hope he likes it...the kids had fun making it.

advice from a lake






Lake Chautauqua......
a magical place!!!

hope you enjoy the words below!!!
Namaste,

Michele


Advice from a Lake
Be clear
Make positive ripples

Stay calm
Shore up friendships

Take time to reflect

Be full of life!!!!!

-unknown

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

dreams come true!

Peace


See my friend Sue?????
search and find her.

hope you like the words below.
love,

Michele


There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- are always attained by giving them to someone else.
--Peyton Conway March

Miracles




This is a picture that was for sale at Hessler Street Fair.
doesn't look cosmic?????
hope you like the words below!!
Michele



To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings----it's all a miracle. I have adopted the technique of living life from miracle to miracle.
- Arthur Rubinstein

love


I took this picture on Conventry Street last Sunday.
I thought it looked pretty cool.
and so are the words below!!!
love,
Michele



You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love.

— Henry Drummond, Love and Gratitude

being here now


Mira took this at Hessler Street Fair :)



We cannot be present and run our story-line at the same time.
-Pema Chodron

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Our task


Mira took this picture at the Hessler Street Fair on Sunday.
enjoy the words below!!!
love,
Michele



Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
-A Course in Miracles

Sunday, May 17, 2009

your heart











Above are pictures from the Hessler Street Fair....a magical place!!!! hope you like the quote below.
Namaste,
Michele

Many things will catch your eye.
A few will catch your heart.
Pursue those.

-unknown