Tatanka Yotanke or Sitting Bull, the famous leader of one of the great First Nations said,”Behold my brothers, the spring has come; the earth has received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of that love! Every seed is awakened and so has all animal life. It is through this mysterious power that we, too, have our being, and we, therefore, yield to our neighbors - even our animal neighbors - the same right as ourselves, to inhabit this land.”
Author Kathy Lamancusa in her Fireside collection, Flowers Are Forever: A Glorious Garden of More Than 100 Inspirational Stories, a Fireside book, published in 2000 by Simon and Shuster, believes, “The fragrance of flowers seems more romantic and mysterious at night.”
The Hindu poet, Rabindranath Tagore wrote, “Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it…”
“Just as I cannot see the beginning of my life, so the end remains a mystery. I spend my hours on the journey between these two awesome points in time.” an excerpt from the Hazeldon book by Will Limon, Beginning Again:Beyond The End of Love
A Latin proverb states that: “To every man, his own life is a mystery.” Judy Wardell, and American writer, adds to that proverb by saying, “Life was meant to be a mystery. To be lived spontaneously from a present time, unpredictable place.”
These, then, are just some of the great unsolved mysteries in life…They are ours to try to unravel.
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Don Jackson
Hi Don
- wendy mayI love your show. It has kept me company on many a long drive home at night.
Life is so full of mysteries and feelings, thoughts and emotions. I have trouble with friends moving away and am experiencing this right now in my life. Someone sent me this poem and I thought it was very appropriate.
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person..
When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support,
To aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.. They may seem like a godsend and they are..
They are there for the reason you need them to be.
Then, without any wrong doing on your part or at an inconvenient time,
This person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die. Sometimes they move away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done.
The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.
Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.
They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.
They may teach you something you have never done.
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it, it is real, but only for a SEASON.
LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons,
Things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.
Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other
relationships and areas of your life
It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant
Feel free to share this if you wish. Someone else may find it helpful.
Wendy May