tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26047915058342537102024-03-13T13:13:07.981-07:00An Illuminated FrogLife is Full of Magical MetamorphosisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604791505834253710.post-77447747022680920952015-07-28T18:16:00.001-07:002015-07-28T18:16:08.987-07:00RIP, dear Cecil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We struggle to understand, to forgive; but in successfully doing so, we raise the Light back to Love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604791505834253710.post-42702400352322072272012-10-09T06:47:00.000-07:002012-10-09T06:47:03.794-07:00Words to live by!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>"There are many religions seeking to bring comfort and happiness to humanity, just as </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>there are many treatments for a particular disease. All religions endeavor to help </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>living beings avoid misery and find happiness. Although we may prefer one religious </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>perspective to another, there is a much stronger case for unity, stemming from </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>common desires of the human heart. Each religion works to lessen suffering and </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>contribute to the world; conversion is not the point. I do not think about converting </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>others to Buddhism or merely furthering the Buddhist cause. Instead, I try to think of </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>how I as a Buddhist can contribute to the happiness of all living beings." </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>- The Dalai Lama</b></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604791505834253710.post-91009213447300108772011-09-09T12:33:00.001-07:002011-09-09T12:38:09.185-07:00In Remembrance of you, Daddy...<i>No matter what, I will always think of you, Daddy, whenever the subject is Lake Tahoe.</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://thequirkshop.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-new-year-great-old-memories-and.html#links">The Quirk Shop: Happy New Year... Great Old Tahoe Memories... and Continuous Hauntings!</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy and me, hanging out one hot summer day in the Valley. 2001</td></tr>
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</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604791505834253710.post-83260450471635015352011-08-10T10:23:00.000-07:002011-08-10T10:25:29.327-07:00All You Need is Love!<i>RIP, sweet friend. Thank you for your lessons in unconditional love. I'll see you on the Other Side one day.</i><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604791505834253710.post-90733202847944914472010-03-20T08:14:00.000-07:002010-03-20T08:24:41.873-07:00What is that magical feeling in the air?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_skSws63Z1ig/S6TlXxLG93I/AAAAAAAAAbw/iWWPo7gw1XQ/s1600-h/Picture+20.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_skSws63Z1ig/S6TlXxLG93I/AAAAAAAAAbw/iWWPo7gw1XQ/s640/Picture+20.png" width="545" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>And Spring arose on the garden fair,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Spring rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>- Percy Shelley</i><br />
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</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604791505834253710.post-73928723059893127032010-03-04T08:39:00.000-08:002010-03-04T08:57:52.993-08:00It's easier than you think...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Can you fill your heart with love instead of anger?</span></span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Photo: http://www.imtiredonline.com</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604791505834253710.post-7484096228801089602010-01-28T09:32:00.000-08:002010-01-28T12:40:57.326-08:00What inspires you when things are tough?<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><object height="525" width="660"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tuWo_kWMihs&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tuWo_kWMihs&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="660" height="525"></embed></object></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10px; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; font-style: italic;">This tiny Australian frog is amazing... </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; white-space: pre;"><i>In times of severe drought in the harsh Outback, it changes its body to become </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; white-space: pre;"><i>a sort of watery cocoon, and buries itself in the mud </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; white-space: pre;"><i>to wait for the rains.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; white-space: pre;"><i>It does not worry or fear about what it does *not* have...</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; white-space: pre;"><i>It looks to the future for the changes that *will* come. </i></span></span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i>Did you make a new friend?</i></b></span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i>Did you stop to smell the flowers in the field?</i></b></span><br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i>Did you notice the vivid serenity of nature all around you?</i></b></span> <br />
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</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i>Did you help a stranger who was lost?</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">But they were good and caused much beauty to be had in the earth. </span></span><br />
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