Comments on: Happy Earth Day! http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2009/04/happy-earth-day/ Nourishment and inspiration for those who love the Earth Fri, 18 May 2012 22:47:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Gail http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2009/04/happy-earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-854 Gail Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:00:44 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=671#comment-854 One year! Thanks for taking me deeper into your experience and thereby taking me deeper into my own! Gail One year! Thanks for taking me deeper into your experience and thereby taking me deeper into my own! Gail

]]> By: April http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2009/04/happy-earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-846 April Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:07:00 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=671#comment-846 Thank you all for such lovely comments! I appreciate them very much. I like thinking of Earth Day as 'Mother Earth Day.' It seems so obvious, now that I think of it! Thank you all for such lovely comments! I appreciate them very much. I like thinking of Earth Day as ‘Mother Earth Day.’ It seems so obvious, now that I think of it!

]]> By: Jim Z. http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2009/04/happy-earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-845 Jim Z. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:27:45 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=671#comment-845 Congratulations on one year! And what a fitting and beautiful quote from Black Elk. Congratulations on one year!

And what a fitting and beautiful quote from Black Elk.

]]> By: Elizabeth Cottrell http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2009/04/happy-earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-844 Elizabeth Cottrell Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:25:27 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=671#comment-844 Writing from the heart is often writing at its best, and you have enriched the lives of your readers too. You have made us laugh and cry, you have made us happy and introspective. Mostly, you have made us more aware...more observant...more appreciative of our precious earth, our island home. Thank you for sharing your gift. Writing from the heart is often writing at its best, and you have enriched the lives of your readers too. You have made us laugh and cry, you have made us happy and introspective. Mostly, you have made us more aware…more observant…more appreciative of our precious earth, our island home. Thank you for sharing your gift.

]]> By: Todd http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2009/04/happy-earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-843 Todd Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:05:54 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=671#comment-843 April, Thank you! A whole year already! Here's another poem to share: "How generous you are, Earth, and how strong is your yearning for your children lost between that which they have attained and that which they could not obtain. We clamor and you smile; we flit but you stay! We extract your elements to make cannons and bombs, but out of our elements you create lilies and roses." ~Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931 April, Thank you! A whole year already! Here’s another poem to share:

“How generous you are, Earth,
and how strong is your yearning for your children
lost between that which they have attained and that which they could
not obtain.
We clamor and you smile; we flit but you stay!
We extract your elements to make cannons and bombs,
but out of our elements you create lilies and roses.”

~Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931

]]> By: Judy http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/2009/04/happy-earth-day/comment-page-1/#comment-842 Judy Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:01:21 +0000 http://www.theearthconnection.org/blog/?p=671#comment-842 A very powerful, moving image. Just a few days ago I watched a young boy from the Zotigh family dance a Plains style hoop dance. The next time I see him, I will recall Black Elk's words, and the dance will have much greater meaning for me. Today I heard Native people call this Mother Earth Day. Perhaps if each of us envisioned ourself standing in the center of the world, we would truly honor our Earth Mother, as without Her we would not exist. A very powerful, moving image. Just a few days ago I watched a young boy from the Zotigh family dance a Plains style hoop dance. The next time I see him, I will recall Black Elk’s words, and the dance will have much greater meaning for me. Today I heard Native people call this Mother Earth Day. Perhaps if each of us envisioned ourself standing in the center of the world, we would truly honor our Earth Mother, as without Her we would not exist.

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