THE POWER OF ONE

[Carol Anne Kincaid~Paradis]

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Simplicity

Complications seem to be an inevitable by-product of modern living. Simplicity gives birth to inspirations. Keeping my own mind calm and clear is the easiest method to sort out messy situations. Maintaining a balance of living simply yet comfortably, and only using what I really need of the earth's resources, I will always have abundance in my life.

The power of One ~ Each one can make difference

As a man walked a desolate beach one cold morning he began to see another figure, far in the distance. Slowly the two approached each other, and he could make out a local native who kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he hurled things into the ocean.

As the distance between them continued to narrow, the man could see that the native was picking up starfish that had been washed upon the beach and, one at a time, was throwing them back into the water.Puzzled, the man approached the native and asked what he was doing. “I’m throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it’s low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don’t throw them back into the sea, they’ll die up here from lack of oxygen.”

“But there must be thousands of starfish on this beach,” the man replied. “You can’t possibly get to all of them. There are just too many. And this same thing is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Can’t you see that you can’t possibly make a difference?”

The local native smiled, bent down and picked up another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea he replied, “Made a difference to that one!”Inspirational Stories, Motivational Pictures, The power of One , Each one can make a difference

Power of ONE : Each of us is but one person: limited, burdened with our own cares and responsibilities. We may feel there is so much to be done, and we have so little to give. We’re usually short of everything, especially time and money.

When we leave this shore, there will still be millions of starfish stranded on the beach. Maybe we can’t change the whole world, but there isn’t one of us who can’t help change one person’s whole world. One at a time. We can make a difference.

You must become the rock the river cannot wash away.

Speak your voice.

Dance

http://youtu.be/NwUxXQlKvHs SPIRIT MEDICINE HEALING SONG LAKOTA

http://youtu.be/uAK2pm9OJKA LAKOTA PRAYER

Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul

And sings the tune without the words

And never stops at all.

~ Emily Dickinson

Grandfather,

Mysterious One,

We search for you along this

Great Red Road you have set us on.

Sky Father, Tunkashila1,

We thank you for this world.

We thank you for our own existence.

We ask only for your blessing and for your instruction.

Grandfather, Sacred One,

Put our feet on the holy path that leads to you,

and give us the strength and the will

to lead ourselves and our children

past the darkness we have entered.

Teach us to heal ourselves,

to heal each other and to heal the world.

Let us begin this very day,

this very hour,

the Great Healing to come.

(Leonard Crow Dog – Shackled Eagle, Lakota)

1 A Lakota word for the Great Spirit (or God), literally translated as “Grandfather”.

This Week’s Affirmation:

“I radiate hope and blessed promise.”. ..Sending you many great spirit blessings my precious brothers and sisters....Enjoy you day and stay safe...With honor and respect and love always... Creator Blessings

Carol Anne...Happy Trails...