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Posted on Nov 24th, 2006
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Spirit Eagle
Spirit Eagle
A new magazine subscription in the house with an ad for Zaadz has brought me to this community joyfully, hopefully and with anticipation. I believe in the beauty and innate goodness in each person, and I believe we can open that goodness with patience, acceptance and unconditional love and respect. Perhaps I may never see the result, the flowering of faith in those I meet, but results are not my responsibility. What matters is the process and my loving.
The giant sequoia tree begins from a cone one-third the size of a chicken egg in which one seed is smaller than a baby's fingernail. If that seed germinates at all, usually because of fire, if it lives through the first two years at all, it will be only 2-3 inches tall by the end of those two years. Yet, that promise of tomorrow will live more than 3000 years and grow to over 350' tall. It will last through fires, storms, drought, floods and everything imaginable.
So, too, is the power of unconditional love. It begins in silence, from a heart learning peace. Such love can change the world.
The giant sequoia tree begins from a cone one-third the size of a chicken egg in which one seed is smaller than a baby's fingernail. If that seed germinates at all, usually because of fire, if it lives through the first two years at all, it will be only 2-3 inches tall by the end of those two years. Yet, that promise of tomorrow will live more than 3000 years and grow to over 350' tall. It will last through fires, storms, drought, floods and everything imaginable.
So, too, is the power of unconditional love. It begins in silence, from a heart learning peace. Such love can change the world.
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Hi Gini,
Thank you for your blog about unconditional love and sequoias. I've lived in Phoenix for the last 22 years, but am from northern CA too (Stockton, actually… :) and I lived near Santa Rosa for quite a while, and I really have missed the coastal rainforests! Yes, it is LOVE that is the cynosure of our learning. Who knew? Nobody told me that when I was a tadpole. But I do like it here at Zaadz, because there are so many people who think about that, and actually take some meaningful action based on that in real life. Oh. I was going to ask you: did you put tags on your blog? The tags, if you've seen them, ask for key words that we can browse for. Like you could tag this one as unconditional love, growth, sequoia, perseverance, endurance, seeds—-you get the idea. Just tonight Peggy J demonstrated to me that those tags are out there in cyberspace for real. She googled her own tags, and found her own blog! (here is a link to Peggy J's blog; I've learned a lot from her): http://peggyjoycestarr.zaadz.com/blog/2006/11/we_are_that_that_looks_back_at_us
Best wishes,
Martha