“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be bastards.”
“Some people have a large circle of friends while others have only friends that they like”
“Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.”
Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins. Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man! (*or woman!) Charles Alexander Eastman
“You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks”
Retired (aka unemployed) vegan, pagan, happily married mother of two grown sons. Working to create a sustainable lifestyle in rural AZ. We are building our own home (straw bale), and living as lightly on the land as possible. Rainwater harvesting, and solar power are two of our tools. As vegans ... we can also grow a lot of our own food. Wish us luck!
Born in South Africa - so I also speak (some would say mangle) Afrikaans ... but it wasn't on the list.
My Philosophy
Live lightly on the land, harm nothing.
What Gives Me Hope
More and more people are adopting a plant-based lifestyle
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by
Encourage everyone to go vegan - compassion for the least among us engenders compassion for all.
What/who changed my life and why
The book/person that changed my life is "May All Be Fed: Diet for a New World" by John Robbins because it opened my eyes to the cruelty of factory farming and the basic sense of a vegan diet. A vegan diet fits well with the Wiccan crede ... "An it harm none, do as you will"
"I make myself rich by making my wants few."
-Henry David Thoreau
"I used to think that life was unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse, if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." Marcus "Babylon 5"
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"I think over again my small adventures My fears, those small ones that seemed so big For all the vital things I had to get and reach And yet there is only one great thing The only thing To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world."
- Unknown Inuit -
... another monday, a new week. I wish you dear Friend, a perfect one With Love Ana
"We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees."
- Qwatsinas -
(Hereditary Chief Edward Moody) Nuxalk Nation
... I wish a peaceful weekend. Look around and enjoy the beauty of Mother Earth my dear Friend. With Love Ana
The glitening sun is shining On the sparkling water, The sparkling water is connecting To the blue endless ocean That is great and is as beautiful As a bachelor button flower, So simple and perfect Blue and red Like the sunset sky The glorious sunset That brings peace For me, for you, for all That brings peace to Mother Earth!
... I wish you a weekend full of peace my sweet friend With Love Ana
"If you have only two pennies left in the world,with the first penny you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, say the wise Japanese, you should buy a lily. The Japanese understand the importance of dreaming..."
Japanese Proverb
... I wish you a wonderful week dear friend and, Dream With Love Ana
Best wishes for a fantastic Birthday Bev~ Hope your day is filled with love, laughter, fun, family and friends. I'll be thinking of you sweetie. Love & Hugs, Lou
Little children, never give Pain to things that feel and live Let the gentle robin come For the crumbs you save at home As his meat you throw along He’ll repay you with a song. Never hurt the timid hare Peeping from her green grass lair Let her come and sport and play On the lawn at close of day. The little lark goes soaring high To the bright windows of the sky Singing as if t'were always spring And fluttering on an untired wing Oh! Let him sing his happy song Nor do these gentle creatures wrong.
The glistening sun is shining On the sparkling water, The sparkling water is connecting To the pretty ocean, The pretty ocean is as beautiful As a bachelor button flower, The bachelor button flower is yellow and blue Like the sunset sky, The sunset sky is giving peace to the Earth!
When I give light I also receive, When I smile I give light to others, they give light to me. It is with the light all of us give, all, that we are free.
Hugh Brown, gr 4, Red Wing, MN
... I wish you my friend a weekend full of light With Love Ana