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Only when you drink from the river of silence
“Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.”~ Kahlil Gibran ~
Ancient Egyptians believed
Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death they would be asked two questions and their answers would determine whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife.
The first question was,
“Did you bring joy?”
The second was,
“Did you find joy?”
~ Leo Buscaglia ~“The person who says
it cannot be done
should not interrupt
the person who is doing it.”~ Chinese Proverb [...]
More precious than any fiery diamond
“More precious than any fiery diamond
Is the flowering human heart
Opening like a poppy head
And like a poppy
falling.”~ Ruth Dallas ~
The soul would have no rainbow
“The soul would have no rainbow
had the eye no tears.”Oh! Snatched Away In Beauty’s Bloom
Oh! Snatched away in beauty’s bloom,
On thee shall press no ponderous tomb;
But on thy turf shall roses rear
Their leaves, the earliest of the year;
And the wild cypress wave in tender gloom:And oft by yon blue gushing stream
Shall Sorrow lean her drooping [...]So we must love
“So we must love
While these moments are still called today
Take part in the pain of this passion play
Stretching our youth as we must
Until we are ashes to dust
Until time makes history of us.”~ Emily Saliers ~
“Do not save your loving speeches
For your friends till they are dead;
Do not write them on their tombstones,
Speak them rather [...]I went to the woods
“I went to the woods because
I wished to live deliberately,
to front only
the essential facts of life,
and see if I could not learn
what it had to teach,
and not, when I came to die,
discover that I had not lived.”~ Henry David Thoreau ~
Death reminds us to live
“Death reminds us to live
if we confront it every day”~ Helen Brown ~
We are here for the rivers
“We are here for the rivers,
Here for the forests,
Here for the planet,
The place of our birth.We are here for the children.
We are not an illusion.
We will never allow them
To kill mother Earth.”~ Brenda Liddiard ~
What Living Legacies Won’t side
“The past is history,
tomorrow is a mystery,
but this moment is a gift
and that’s why we call it
The Present.”What Living Legacies Can side
“May all your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous,
Leading to the most amazing view…
Where something strange, more beautiful and more full of wonder
Than your deepest dreams awaits you”Edward Abbey
“If you would indeed behold the spirit of death,
open your heart wide unto the body of life.
For life and death are one,
even as the river and the [...]
