Small things with great Love
I have been so blessed in recent years, and so grateful for the place and the peace that I have found.
It is no small thing to recognize where you are at in the great scheme of things. To learn life’s lessons are not always about win or lose, due or die. To learn that you do what you can from where you are, right now.
It has been a miracle to me, to see what the difference is and what the difference makes. To use my perceptions to focus on manifesting the good and the changes I want to see in this world. To learn to love with out attachments, to except that I am living my life for me, and if I give it my best, then it is THE BEST!
The Labyrinth of life shop has brought me such a sense of connectedness. I have even taken to trying to sell other pieces of my art locally to raise money for charities, if my bills are met, and food is on the table, I am profoundly better off than others! Even on days when this is no small feat, I still have the love of friends and family which sustains me.
I received an email from a good friend I have known for over 20 years asking for a donation to a dear and meaningful charity in her life. Her mother has been an active participant since it’s inception, and recently they have had a run of needs.
COAR ( which you can visit their site by clicking on the name) has been helping kids since the 1980’s, and recent bad weather has destroyed some roofs and buildings.
So I have added more items to my shop and at the end of June I will be sending a check to them to help with the restoration. If you have the funds please consider helping, if you don’t, please consider emailing information to folks who might be able to help. We have the tool of communication at our finger tips, if we can use it to make a difference in one child’s life, shouldn’t we at least try?
Thank you so much..
We can do no GREAT things only small things with Great LOVE.
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The Butterfly Effect:
The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly’s wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of a tornado or delay, accelerate or even prevent the ocurrence of a tornado in a certain location. The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale alterations of events. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different. Of course the butterfly cannot literally cause a tornado (this however seems to be a common misinterpretation of the butterfly effect by laypersons). The kinetic energy in a tornado is enormously larger than the energy in the turbulence of a butterfly. The kinetic energy of a tornado is ultimately provided by the sun and the butterfly can only influence certain details of weather events in an uncontrollable, chaotic manner, but e.g. not the general ability of the atmosphere to form tornadoes.
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BEAUTIFUL post, lady Sorrow!
As I read your message about the butterfly effect, I couldn’t help but see YOU as a butterfly, altering the consciousness of those who read here.
Through not only the Labrynth of Life Shop, but also through your words, you cause a chain of events leading to large-scale alterations.
“We can do no GREAT things only small things with Great LOVE”
That’s YOU!
So thank you, dear lady!
RON~
You are such a doll! You are gonna make my head swell with all this crap! do you remember the bugs bunny cartoon with the dog?
” I am going to kiss him
and hug him and love him and name him RON!”
You are my smile
and always my laugh! my daily does of sweet and spicy!
Thank you my friend for the joy you bring my days!
To learn to love with out attachments, to except that I am living my life for me, and if I give it my best, then it is THE BEST!
Gosh how I needed to hear what you shared.
Thinkin’ you’re an awesome reading fairy and I oughta be ‘excused’ from my readings this morning. LOL
Nahhhhhhhhhhhh…..will just add the readings TO this one.
And……..will go shop later–after mass quantities of caffeine.
Bless…..and be blessed!
*hugs*
Mel~
so glad you found a connect,
it’s a damn long road to walk. mostly by your self.
and when you are blessed to be given a helping hand by wonderful folks like yourself,
it makes the road traveled down hill for a while.
Thanks…
for you…
(MEL)
Nothing in the world is better than achieving a place of peace both within and without
Thank you for sharing your blessing of that! I’m off to shop!
Grace~
It’s fun to share the lessons, both the good and the bad with folks who have been there and done that, they give you a hand up , dust you off , and shove back down that road…
Thanks for being the moment of rest..
I just want to say thanks to all who have read this and to those who have shopped at the labyrinth.
I often feel a little ego centric in trying to manifest change.
I think to myself.. if I just do it, then i have tried, and no one can take that effort away from me.
I don’t ever want people to feel beholden, but I have to say something, anything to bring a minutes worth of focus to something that I perceive has value. That Value is you, and your actions. Whatever you do has meaning and it makes a difference some where down the line. Even if you don’t send money, or shop, your encouragement makes a difference to me… It keeps me trying.
so for your minutes worth of focus, for your “GO GIRL”
I thank you..
from all that i am.
Man Sis, I love coming over here. You always inspire me to be at my best. …and when things are down, you offer a hand and a candle. I salute you.
As soon as I get some money, I’ll be off to shop at the Labyrinth.
My chai just told me:
“Be Happy so long as breath is in you. Appreciate yourself and honor your soul.”
Peace,
=RD=
Brother brother, how i love ya!
Thanks for the light and the love..I know you do what you can where you are at!
because you are Love and peace!
Blessings my friend blessings in abundance
Thanks for posting about this, Sorrow.
It is true that there is so much in this world that needs fixing that it is impossible to encompass everything. I hadn’t heard of this charity, and it sounds like a good one. I read about a year ago the story of a woman and her struggles in El Salvador in the 80’s. Absolutely horrifying. Death squads, people disappearing, torture…
I could never figure out what seemed worse - that I’d been so ignorant of the people struggling for their lives (sometimes tortured and maybe killed just for asking where a disappeared family member was), that the US backed such a regime (and therefore have not allowed any of the El Salvadoreans “refugee status” if they were able to escape), or just that there are people in this world committing the atrocities.
I actually have a friend in prison right now because he was born in El Salvador in the 80’s, and his family smuggled him out when he was about 2. He was in this country without papers - of course to try to become a legal resident would have meant he was sent to el salvador (where he also had no papers or proof of citizenship), he’d have to raise about $10k (that’s how much it costs, minimum, to go through the official process) and he’d have had to leave his kids. So of course he stayed, and he was caught, and now he’s in prison. He’ll be deported to el salvador once his term is up, and he’ll likely never see his sons again.
Anyway, sorry to talk about such difficult things that are at the root of why this charity exists, since your post was mostly about peace and love, but suffice to say, it is really good to hear that such people are doing this kind of work in El Salvador. I’ll definitely do what I can to support it, for my friend Luis, and all the kids like him, whether they were smuggled out, or remained there, orphaned.
DEB~
your story just breaks my heart, how can a child be held accountable for the acts of kindness of adults? geez this world gets crazier every day… If i had 10k, hell if I had all the money in the world, I doubt i could fix 1/2 the problems!
sigh
Thanks for the visit and for the support!
be good to you!
Nice read it was!
Yes, Butterfly effect!
A butterfly flapping its wings in Naples might change the weather in Nepal.
Keshuv~ and one small act of kindness might make a difference in one life!
Thanks for the visit! it’s appreciated!
Sorrow, what a beautiful soul… you indeed will be blessed for eternity…
http://enreal.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/energies-and-your-chaos-theory/
Enreal~ Thanks sweetie, I don’t know if I have a beautiful soul, but I am truly blessed and grateful!
(HUGS)
Your home sounds so beautiful - remember that when you have those crazy days with the kids!
Cate~ all days with kids are crazy! some are just good crazy and others are hair pulling frustrated crazy!! But then as a teacher you know that!
Happy Mother’s Day, Sorrow!!!
THANKS PIXXIE!
“small things with GREAT LOVE” I like that Sorrow..we need such reminders!
~Blessing Be~
Gypsy~ I am a firm believer in baby steps! I tell my son that Wyatt Earp always said, it doesn’t matter how fast you are, just how accurate. makes him nuts..LOL
what an amazing heart you have. I will be checking out the charity and your shop.
Thanks Brandi! Hope all is well and wonderful in your corner of the Verse!
I am so pleased to have found this site today. What a blessing! Thank you Sorrow for your insightful and inspiring words. Off to check out the shop!
Hey Kelli~ I was so thrilled to find yours! The world needs more child advocates!
Bright blessings to you!
What a great hearted person you are Sorrow.
And what a perfect analogy.
Mig~ good to see you! thanks for the support! it means a great deal! (((HUGS)))
beautiful, absolutely beautiful. . .
and thank you for walking alongside me on my path too
ISLTV~ it’s a pleasure to be here on this journey with you, thanks for being a listener and a troubadour in my world!
How beautiful. You have found your calling and the calling of all of us. I thank you for sharing of yourself, for it does effect me - as in the butterfly effect. I may not see the effect directly, but I know we are all connected. So I would like to personally say “Thank You” for all you say and all you do! And also thanks for the encouragement so that I may pass on a good deed too.
Peace, Light and Love,
CordieB.
Another delightful offering. It made me pause to reflect on my own footsteps; where I have been, where I am at presently, and where I am going. One of the great lessons of life I have personally learned is this, it is not so important where you have been. Nor is it really that significant where you may be at present in your life’s journey. What’s significant is where you are headed.
Thanks for sharing your heart and your spirit.
XOXOXOX’s
Hawk, Out!
I’m working on catching up with my cyberfriends, and of course, that meant dropping by to see you! I’m sure glad this was the first post my eyes happened to land upon and read. It is a blessing to behold. I’ll see you at the Labyrinth of life shop! I see a celebration of life in all that you wrote.