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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Mitakuye Oyasin - An Opportunity for Healing

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"The difficult is what takes a little time;

the impossible is what takes a little longer".

Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930)
1922 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

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Blessed are the Peacemakers

You are blessed when you are at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God.

You are blessed when you feel you've lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.

You are blessed when you are content with just who you are -- no more, no less. That's the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can't be bought.

You are blessed when you have worked up a good appetite for God. He's food and drink in the best meal you'll ever eat.

You are blessed when you care. At that moment you will find yourself cared for.

You are blessed when you get the inside your world -- your mind and heart -- put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.

You are blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That's when you discover who you really are and your place in the world.

(Adapted from "The Message" by Eugene Peterson)

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