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just a quick update to my previous post. dolly (the lovely stray dog in spain), has found a new home. yay!
she can now look forward to a happy life where she will be loved and cared for. i love a happy ending :-) wishing you love, light and sunshine :-) emma x it's quite probable that at some stage in your life you will have heard the 'starfish story'. briefly, to recap: a man was taking a walk along a vast stretch of beach after a big storm, and he found the beach littered with starfish as far as he could see. far in the distance, he noticed a small boy. as the boy walked towards him, he paused every so often, bent down to pick up an object and throw it into the sea. as the boy came closer the man could see that he was throwing the starfish back into the sea. he called out to the boy 'good morning. may I ask what it is that you are doing'? the boy paused, looked up, and replied 'throwing the starfish back into the sea. the storm has washed them up onto the beach and they can’t return to the sea by themselves'. they will die, unless I throw them back into the water'. the man replied, 'there must be thousands and thousands of starfish on this beach, you won't be able to make much of a difference'. the boy bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it as far as he could into the sea. he turned, smiled and said, 'i made a difference for that one'! adapted from a story by loren eiseley (1907–1977) i'd also like to remind you of a quote by gandhi: 'be the change you wish to see in the world' i've just returned from a yoga holiday in spain and witnessed something that gave me the inspiration for this post. we were travelling from the airport to the venue with the venue owner and he stopped to feed and give water to a stray dog at the roadside. the dog was too weak to stand. i watched her eat and drink as she lay at the side of the road. her hair was missing from around her neck where she had been tied up, she was desparately thin. despite this, her nature shone through, she was a beautiful animal. i think the wordless communication between humans and animals is amazing, you could see her appreciation at being helped and cared for. over the course of the week she was fed and watered twice a day and given powder to ensure the ticks dropped off her. she became able to stand and walk and plans are being made to get her treated and taken to a rescue centre. she was given the name of 'dolly'. an amazing example of kindness, taking action and making a difference over the course of a week and beyond. dolly's life will now be very different to what it could have been. i look forward to hearing what happens next and will keep you posted. it's amazing (and great) that small actions can have such a massive impact. i hope this post gives you inspiration over the easter weekend. love and light, emma x 'go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. as far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others. if you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. but do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. you are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. and whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. therefore be at peace with god, whatever you conceive him to be. and whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. be cheerful. strive to be happy'. some excerpts from DESIDERATA by Max Ehrmann (Indiana, USA) written in 1927 you can read the full poem and more here guess where i went last night?! :-) i can hardly contain my excitement so i had to share it here :-). ray mears has been a favourite of mine since his first tv series way back when. he lives what he loves and is passionate about it - truly inspirational! ooh, gosh, where shall i begin? the first half of the evening took us on a photographic and story telling tour, along with tips and information about a variety of subjects from rock art, to wildlife and bushcraft in general. ray took us to the northern wilderness, one of his favourite places, the photos were spectactular so it makes you think that it would be totally awesome to be there in person (i think there is an essence that cannot be captured in even the most perfect photo. ray is an extremely talented photographer though ... :-)). we learnt about wildlife (bears, caribou, to name a couple), ecology and of course, bushcraft. he also told the story of alfred masuzumi and how he had used exceptional bushcraft skills to survive the most extreme of extremes, and live to tell the tale. we were also taken to africa, tasmania and australia. the second half of the evening focussed on conservation and this was soooo interesting. he showed us studies of the duckbilled platipus that are underway to find out what it's natural state of wellbeing are so if there is any imbalance it can be detected and hopefully prevent extinction from that early warning stage. he also told us about the tasmanian devil communities that are being set up as a precaution to a facial cancer they have developed that can be spread like a cold or virus. the idea is, that if this cancer gets out of hand and wipes out the population, then the healthy communities can repopulate and prevent extinction. individuals have made this their life purpose. it is amazing stuff ... there were also some saltwater crocodile stories with some footage of a giant croc called eric who is 4.9 metres long. he now has to live in a reptile park as he was causing quite a stir. ray explained how good conservation of the saltwater crocs means that people now need to learn to live alongside them wisely. (the number of attacks on people are going up as the population of crocs grows). ray also answered questions from the audience, this was interesting too. there was a strong theme of living with the land, the earth and with nature. he also said that he hoped there would come a time where we come back to that more. i hope so too. he finished with a quote (i can't remember whose quote) 'we belong to nature, nature doesn't belong to us'. so, a fab, interesting and inspirational evening with lots of food for thought. i hope you've enjoyed hearing about it :-) here are some links if you would like to read more around this post: http://www.raymears.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_black_bear http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_bear http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck-billed_platypus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_facial_tumour_disease http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_water_crocodile click here to see more about the tour. happy weekend :-) ... gone in the blink of an eye'. lyrics from lenka's 'live like you're dying'. i thought i'd share a scene i saw on my way to work one day this week that reminded me of these lyrics. a cyclist had stopped to take photos of a magnificent bird of prey that happened to be chilling out (or pretending to be chilling out whilst watching for prey) on an overhead cable. it was a sight i saw fleetingly but it was such a good teaching. firstly, i loved the fact that this cyclist had taken time out from the daily commute to photograph this wonderful bird of prey, just sitting on the cable whilst the commute went on all around. i was watching the road but if i hadn't seen this cyclist and wondered what the subject matter for the photo was, i would never have seen (a moment i didn't notice) that bird of prey for the second (blink of an eye) that i did. secondly, i thought it was a good reminder/teaching of being fully present and aware of what's around you (even when rushing around and being busy, which we all are). also, appreciating the beauty of nature that is all around us. We just have to look. and notice ... i hope this speaks to you in some way too. namaste. happy weekend :-) here are a few pics of the sunrise this morning. taken from one of our local hills around 4.50am - the glorious surya rising to shine on us. this is one of my favourite times of the year, I love the light :-) happy sunday!! happy june!! :-)
namaste 'travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light' - yogi bhajan |