“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” Melody Beattie

Love Thyself

(From “A Book of Meditations and Affirmations for Women,” Mandarava Gifts for the Spirit). 

Who will speak words of love to you, 

if you do not speak them to yourself? 

Arise every morning and give thanks to the Power 

for your life, 

your awareness, 

your creativity, 

and all that you hold dear. 

Then speak words of love to yourself. 

As you love yourself more and more, 

the fountain within will flow more readily and persistently, 

until it overflows the bricks and mortar of your heart-well 

and brings forth life in all the corners of your garden. 

You are beautiful. 

You are unique. 

You are my wonderful creation. 

Love yourself each day before the pink dawn 

has lost its blush. 

Love yourself as the noonday sun 

purifies the heavens. 

Love yourself in the velvet shawl of twilight. 

Repeat these words to yourself: 

"I love you more than anyone in the world. 

You are an infinite, immortal being. 

You know only abundance. 

You are the most wondrous creature 

in the world to me. 

You are divinely beautiful. 

You are wonderful and magical 

and you have the gift of Love." 

Then will the sparrows and swans drink from your hand, 

praising your kindness. 

The forest will be cooled by your generous waters. 

Your name will be a blessing on the lips of all who thirst. 

Earth Teach Me to Remember

by John Yellow Lark

Earth teach me stillness

as the grasses are stilled with light.

Earth teach me suffering

as old stones suffer with memory.

Earth teach me humility

as blossoms are humble with beginning.

Earth Teach me caring

as the mother who secures her young.

Earth teach me courage

as the tree which stands alone.

Earth teach me limitation

as the ant which crawls on the ground.

Earth teach me freedom

as the eagle which soars in the sky.

Earth teach me resignation

as the leaves which die in the fall.

Earth teach me regeneration

as the seed which rises in the spring.

Earth teach me to forget myself

as melted snow forgets its life.

Earth teach me to remember kindness

as dry fields weep in the rain.

Ute, North American

read at: http://www.cherieburton.com/blog-entry/45/2011-03-14/mother-earth-is-shifting/