Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Today is a good day to die in a massage parlor

Marcy says: Massage parlors are not just for sex chat. You can die in a massage parlor if you are not careful with your Happy Endings........marcythewhore

The Zen Librarian said to a patron: "If you bring back this book after its due date, you will be fined. If you do not bring back the book after its due date, you will be fined." The patron was instantly enlightened.


Voices of the past speak volumes...............by Terri Jean

Lessons of Worship"The Indian loved to worship. From birth to death he revered his surroundings. He considered himself born in the luxurious lap of Mother Earth and no place to him was humble." ~ Luther Standing Bear ~ Oglala Sioux, 1868-1937

"Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view,and Demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble deathsong for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and bow to none..." ~ Tecumseh ~ Shawnee, 1768 - 1813

"The Great Spirit will not punish us for what we do not know."~ Red Jacket ~

"The Great Spirit is in all things, he is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us, that which we put into the ground she returns to us..." ~ Big Thunder (Bedagi) ~ Wabanaki Algonquin

"From Wakan-Tanka, the Great Mystery, comes all power. It is from Wakan-Tanka that the holy man has wisdom and the power to heal and make holy charms. Man knows that all healing plants are given by Wakan-Tanka, therefore they are holy. So too is the buffalo holy,because it is the gift of Wakan-Tanka." ~ Flat-Iron ~

"All things are the works of the Great Spirit. We should know that He is within all things: the trees, the grasses, the rivers, the mountains, and all the four legged-animals, and the winged peoples; and even more important, we should understand that He is alsoabove all these things and peoples. ~ Black Elk ~ Oglala Sioux

Lessons of the Earth"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children." ~ Ancient Indian Proverb ~

"We are part of the Earth, and the Earth a part of us." ~ Seattle ~

Lessons of Tradition" Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom,an intense and absorbing respect for life, enriching faith in a Supreme Power, and principles of truth, honesty, generosity, equity, and brotherhood as a guide to mundane relations."~ Luther Standing Bear ~ Oglala Sioux, 1868-1937

" ... everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence." ~ Mourning Dove ~ Salish 1888-1936


Lessons on Life"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset." ~ Crowfoot ~ Blackfoot warrior and orator

"While living I want to live well. I know I have to die sometime, but even if the heavens were to fall on me I want to do what is right..."~ Goyathlay (Geronimo) ~ Apache Medicine Man and War Chief, 1829 - 1909

"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together... All things connect." ~ Chief Seattle ~
"When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself." ~ Tecumseh ~

"The path of glory is rough and many gloomy hours obscure it. Maythe Great Spirit shed light on yours." ~ Black Hawk ~ 1833


General Advice"If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it he will find it..." ~ Sitting Bull ~

"Even as you desire good treatment, so render it."~ Handsome Lake ~

"To clothe a man falsely is only to distress his spirit..."~ Standing Bear ~

Do right always. It will give you satisfaction in life."~ Wovoka ~ 1889

"Whatever the gains, whatever the loss, they are yours."~ Five Wounds ~

"Neither anger nor fear shall find lodging in your mind."~ Dekanawidah ~


Lessons on Death"When it comes time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home."~ Chief Aupumut, Mohican. 1725

"Hoka hey! Follow me! Follow me! Today is a good day to fight, today is a good day to die!" ~ Crazy Horse ~ Oglala Sioux, is said to have yelled as he rode into battle at Rosebud in June 1876

"Do not grieve. Misfourtunes will happen to the wisest and best of men. Death will come and always out of season. It is the command of the Great Spirit, and all nations and people must obey. What is past and cannot be prevented should not be grived for... Misfoutunesdo not flourish particularly in our path. They grow everywhere."~ Big Elk~ chief of the Omahas, delivered a funeral oration, June 14th 1815, at a great council at Portage des Sioux, when death took one of his Indian leaders, Black Buffalo

Lessons of Truth"Good words do not last long unless they amount to something." ~ Chief Joseph ~ Nez Perce

"I have always taught you that a liar is not worthy of being considered a man..." ~ Stung Arm ~

"To the Indian, words that are true sink deep into his heartwhere they remain; he never forgets them." ~ Four Guns ~

It does not require many words to speak the truth. ~ Chief Joseph ~ Nez Perce

2 Comments:

Blogger jollybeggar said...

holy! you've been busy, buddy!

The Zen Librarian said to a patron: "If you bring back this book after its due date, you will be fined. If you do not bring back the book after its due date, you will be fined." The patron was instantly enlightened.

damned if you do, damned if you don't? so you've kept the books and await the zen-library shakedown? hopefully they don't have an alien story too- although there is probably a greater chance of that, isn't there?

"life- don't talk to me about life"
(marvin the paranoid android, from douglas adams' "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy")

March 8, 2005 at 11:21 AM  
Blogger jollybeggar said...

postscript- irony of the day:
jb notices marcy concludes her blog with

"It does not require many words to speak the truth. ~ Chief Joseph ~ Nez Perce"

and laughs sanctimoniously to himself.

March 8, 2005 at 11:25 AM  

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