Love
          Love what is love.
          Love is what you have for the man above.

          Love is what you feel in your heart.
          Love is what someone can not take apart.

          Love is what you have for your mom and dad.
          Yes love can make you sad.
   
          Love is not a test.
          Love is what you have for the best.

          Ask me once or ask me twice.
          But I will always tell you love is nice.

          I will end this poem telling you never test your love.
          And if you dont beleive ask the man above.

In the Woods with Me

   Today I went for
a walk in the woods by myself.  At first I was frightened and lonely, but
eventually I got used to the silence.  I walked out past the water tower,
until the path lead me to a large clearing.  The view was was what I was
looking for.  The lake, Cornell, were laid out before me like a
photograph.  It was a vast fall sky, the sun was moving in and out of the
clouds, indecisive.  The clouds were moving quickly, and as they moved
pass the sun, the earth below was slowly becoming bathed in sunlight,
spreading until it reached the spot where I stood on the hill.  I kept
walking.
The path I walked was covered in leaves, not yet dead.  There was wide-
open wooded areas on either side of me.  The wind startled me at first; I
had never before heard the wind blow through such silence-it roars,and it
made me uneasy at first, but I soon got used to it.  I preferred the
noise of the wind to the silence of the woods.
During my walk, I didn't think of much.  I just walked.  I wanted to keep
walking until I reached some sort of destination, but I was unfamiliar
with the path, and decided to stop after about 45 minutes.  I didn't know
where the path would lead me, but I decided that I would come back and
find out.
Although I did not want to return to my dorm, it was getting late, and I
new that I could always go back.

The Beach and the Ocean

 A friend of mine found this poem
and sent it to me because she thought it was inspirational and knows how
much i love the beach and ocean... i had to share with all of you...
The Ocean
I found a wonderful place for me to be
Down by the ocean, where my spirit's set free
The gentle breeze blowing the mist upon my face
As the waves crash on the rocks all over the place
Foot prints are covered by the incoming tide
As surfers try catching that perfect ride
The smell of the water is so fresh and new
The color changes from green to blue
When the surf is high with peaks so white
And the sun is shining with a glare so bright
As I feel your love I know I'm not alone
And the echos' I hear are calling me home
Home to where you are waiting for me
And together we'll travel down to the sea
The sea where all life truly began
Thanks to the Lord, the Father of man
So whenever you feel the beginning of doubt
Remember the truth of what life's all about
There's no guarantee, you can only pray for the best
Have faith in the Lord, and He'll do the rest
~Copyright © Kathy Bishop~
hope you liked that.. every day i check out this website because it takes
pictures of the beach every couple of seconds (or minutes whichever).. so
i wanted you all to be able to enjoy it even though it is getting cold
out here in ithaca....http://www.belmarcam.com/
some days the sun is so bright and the waves and water look so beautiful
i can not help but smile and wish i was there = )

Love All and Serve All (by Babaji)

Love and Serve All Humanity.
Help Everyone.
Be Happy. Be Courteous.
Be a dynamo of irrepressible joy.
Recognize God and Goodness in every face.
There is no saint without a past and no sinner without a future.
Praise everyone.  If you cannot praise someone let him/her out of your
life.
Be original.  Be inventive.
Be courageous. Take courage again and again.
Do not imitate. Be strong.  Be upright.
Think with your own head.  Be yourself.
All perfection and every divine value are hidden in yourself.  Reveal
them to the world.
Wisdom also is already within you.  Let it shine forth.
Let the Lord's Grace make you free.
Let your life be that of a rose.  In silence it speaks the language of
fragrance

 What I like most about christmas
is the holiday music playing everywhere I go.  In stores and my car and
restaurants.  I love carol of the bells and the nut cracker.  My family
isn't very big on presents, which sometimes makes me sad becasue I can
think of so many things I could use or I really really want but I have to
look for a deeper meaning in christmas.  Bringing my family together,
time we spend tegether (away from school!!).
Keep your eyes open, there and donation and collection boxes for not only
money but used coats and clothing.  There are giving trees at TOPS and
other stores so you can help out a child who may not have anything to
unwrap christmas morning.  Remember what you have and more importantly
who you have in your life.  That is really what christmas is about, and
don't forget to open your ears to the cheerful christmas music.
This isn't suppose to be preachy, But I needed to remind myself to be
thankful for everything I have and everyone I love.
cheers ands wishes for snow!!!

What is brighetr than bright

It's brighter than bright
And higher than high
It's greener than the grass
And bluer than the sky
It's all around us
Day and night
For a lost person in the dark
It's like finding a light
It's the most beautiful thing
But it cannot be seen
It's prettier than pretty
And cleaner than clean
You'll feel warm
When you're cold
And when you're scared
You'll feel bold
It comes from heaven
Itself above
This great feeling
Is what many call love

My Grandma died

 In our last class we were
talking about sharing experiences from our Thanksgiving breaks. The whole
purpose of our sharing was to inspire our minds to think about things we
may never have thought about before. The week before break my grandmother
died. She had lived in my home with us for the past 4 years because she
had Alzheimers disease. When she died, my mom and I had to go through all
of her old trunks and photo albums and everything to prepare for the
funeral. Because my grandmother had lost her memory, I never really had
the chance to talk with her about her life. Sadly, to me, my grandmother
was simply a woman that I did not know anything about. Her entire history
was locked away in her mind, and ironically enough, it was with her death
that I came to know my grandmother as a person with a vivid and
fascinating history. I found out that my grandmother was born in Ontario,
and came to the US when she was adopted because every member of her
family had died by the time she was 9. I found her journals, pictures and
oil paintings that depicted her as a young woman, working as a nurse in
NYC during WW2. I saw her high school and college yearbooks, and read
inspiring quotes and poems that she had felt were important to her at the
time. My experience was to, in fact, journey through my grandmother's
whole life to find out about the woman that I had always known but had
never known. I am very sad that I never had the chance to talk about this
with her, but I am at the same time greatful that I have began to find
out more about my own history and past on my own.

Life isn't easy

 Very different paths had led
all of us to the same place at this point in each of our lives. As
adulthood becomes closer and closer, we are all faced with difficult
trials and tribulations. The simple truth is that life isn’t easy, if it
were, it would have come with an instruction booklet. Each one of us will
make mistakes in our lives, some more costly than others. Mistakes are
inevitable, but each mistake offers an opportunity to learn. Our lives
are a compilation of our experiences, and from my own, I’ve learned that
life is both a wonderful gift and a curse. I say a curse because we are
only on this earth for a short time, and at any given moment our short
lives can be taken from us. The gift is that we forge our own futures and
create our own opportunities. You truly can become anything you want to
be in life, and only the choices we make in life will determine how we
live our lives and what we accomplish. It is so easy to stray from the
path we have chosen for ourselves. “What is life without the pursuit of a
dream”. Each of us has our own dreams, and we can all live them. To do
this, we must remain focused and motivated. Live each moment to the
fullest, and take life one day at a time. One day at a time, one foot in
front of the other, we will all reach our dreams.

Let me be me

 Don't Speak
If you say my name, I will not speak
You want to hurt me because I am weak
You don't know who I am, Where I come from, or what I do
You just want me to be you
You want to mold me, recreate me to not be myself
You want me to fall and not trust myself
so I will trust you
You don't want me to be who I want me to be
You want me to be you
Not make the mistakes you did, to be perfect
You want me to be alone so no one can poison my mind
But what you don't know is
YOU ARE POISONING MY MIND
You don't care who I am, you just care how I act
Because how I act is me, I'm not hiding my true self in this moling of
you

There are so many things in life that will hold you back.  The
uncertainty of not knowing what life has to offering or the picture of
failure that may lie ahead in your path.  There is also a lot of this
that will cause you to wonder if your life is worth living or whether it
is a satisfactory life that will fit the criteria for society.  During
Dani's class I've found the will in my self to know that life is about
falling down and picking your self up and knowing that you have a whole
lot more a head to conquer in this world.  There is one less thing I have
to fear in life after taking Dani's course and it is fear it self and of
what I will become in the future.
I've allowed my mind to be free and just taking each day one day at a
time because who knows what tomorrow will bring.  Live life with love,
patience, kindness and no regrets because he can never change what has
already been done.  If fear stares you in the face just stare back and
show that you are not afraid.  I love my self and I am confident that
what ever becomes of me in the future was meant to happen that way and I
am sure that I will be very content with it.  Dani you have been an
encouragement you are very brave and I know that you have and will touch
more hearts and minds.  Just keep on working Dani, everyone might not see
life in a positive way but some day that will have to take a deep look
into them self to see that they just need to slow down and take a deep
breath.