"What is Life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow
which runs across the grass
and loses itself in the sunset."
 
- Crowfoot -  Blackfoot warrior and orator

 

 I wish you dear Friend, a week full of Life
and with Peace.
With Love
Ana

"1. Nothing minor ever happens to a car
on the weekend.
2. Nothing minor ever happens to a car
on a trip.
3. Nothing minor ever happens to a car."

 Hartman's Automotive Laws

 

 ... without car problems dear Friend
With Love
Ana

"Only when the last tree has withered,
 and the last fish caught,
and the last river been poisoned,
will we realize we cannot eat money."

- Cree - Native American Prophecy



... let us hope that the prophecy never fulfills!

With Love

Ana
 

"Our task must be to free ourselves
 by widening our circle of compassion
 to embrace all living creatures and
 the whole of nature and its beauty."

Einstein - about Nature

 

 ... I wish you a peaceful weekend
 my dear Friend
With Love
Ana

From old to new!

Only a night from old to new!
Always a night from old to new!
And in the first day,
My wishes are few:
The beginning of the end
Of all wars in the world
That all the soldiers safe return home
The beginning of the end
Of the prejudice, intolerance, racism
Hunger, greed, attacks to life.
After that night is the first new dawn
And may we can start from the beginning,
Living together, without haste
In union with kind Mother Earth.



... I wish you a new year full of Love and Peace
 my Friend
Ana

"When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighboring communities, and so on. When we feel love and kindness towards others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace. And there are ways in which we can consciously work to develop feelings of love and kindness. For some of us, the most effective way to do so is through religious practice. For others it may be non-religious practices. What is important is that we each make a sincere effort to take our responsibility for each other and for the natural environment we live in seriously."
HH the Dalai Lama
 
Ana
 

A butterfly in the wind

A child is...
A butterfly in the wind,
Some can fly higher than others;
But each one flies the best they can.
Why compare one against the other?
Each one is different!
Each one is special!
Each one is beautiful!




I wish you a great friday and 
a wonderful weekend my special friend 
With Love
Ana

"Great spirits have always found
violent opposition from mediocrities.
The latter cannot understand it
when a man does not thoughtlessly
submit to hereditary prejudices,
but honestly and courageously
uses his intelligence and
fulfills the duty to express the results
of his thought in clear form."
Albert Einstein



... my dear friend
With Love
Ana

CONNECTED TO OUR MOTHER

If you understand Nature,
The deer will eat from your hand.
The sun makes the plants,
Animals eat the plants,
The humans eat the animals,
and Earth needs the humans to take care of it.
So you see, as you stare
into the endless sky,
we live from our Mother Gaia's birth,
and if you understand Nature,
The deer will eat from your hand.
And we all, plants, animals, humans,
are children of the Earth

Maria Domeier,gr. 5, Red Wing, MN

 

 ... with Love
Ana

We're never completely in one place.
 Some part of us hangs out
On streets we barely remember,
Or converses with faces no longer familiar.
Every encounter has a beginning,
But never an ending.
Like an exquisite ecosphere,
The mind turns each raindrop into forever,
Nor does it allow one word to disappear.
Some evening, years from now,
Our lives will be bitter or sweet.
But we'll be together my Friend.



... I wish you my sweet Friend
a peaceful weekend.
With Love
Ana

A CHILD'S HEART

A child's heart is full of love
Bearing all the burden
A child's tears happy or sad
Are real from within
The cry's come from their souls
Brought on by confusion...
They love their mom and dad
But their souls will never mend...
Hold a child oh so close
Don't ever let them go
Unconditional love
Is all that they say and more
A child's heart is full of love
Not to bear the burden
But to love life to the fullest
Ever so certain...

 

 ...I wish you dear friend, a wonderful week
 With Love
Ana

"Unless each day can be looked back
upon by everyone as one in which
 we have had some fun, some joy,
 some real satisfaction, that day is a loss."



... so sweet friend Carpe diem and be happy
With Love
Ana

Halloween

Three ghosts knocking on my door,
I gave them candy now they want more!
Down the street, here comes a nurse,
and a mummy clearly under a curse.
Thankfully it's only just one night
(or my candy bill would give me a fright!)
I'm glad it s only once a year
So sit back and enjoy -
- Halloween is here!



Have a wonderful weekend
With Love
Ana

The Unicorn
Mane the colour of churning foam
 or snow on a moonlit night
Like dandelion seed fluff as fine as cirrus
 in the morning light
Each eye like a stormy whirlpool
 in the dark, swirling sea,
Her horn casts rainbow haloes
 which shimmer beautifully
Pearly coat of liquid silver
 like a glossy sheet of ice
White feathers at her cloven hooves
 as soft and quiet as mice
In the moonlight she gallops gracefully
 like a shadow on the sea
With softness, sweetness and purity
 she looks across to me.
by Anna (aged 11)

... may your week be full of Love
Ana