Yellowish-orange-to-white October 2021

 Harvest or Hunter Full moon will be on October 20th in 2021.  It's a moment to look back in history to our ancestors and the lessons they can teach us.  Before industrialism, people focused on harvesting and preparing for the coming of Winter.  Ranchers in Montana have been doing this all summer.

to ride a horse is to fly without wings

I believe in living with nature and being a responsible steward of the natural world around us.  Living a natural lifestyle is a great way to let actions speak for themselves.  Billy Graham once said, "When we fail to see the world as God's creation, we will end up abusing it.  Selfishness and greed take over and we end up not caring about the environment or the problems we are creating for future generations.  So if you agree, try something simple, use less plastic or start recycling one thing, even extra clothes to the thrift store.  

Mostly, I write about being a good steward to the land, but this month I will include being good to yourself as well.  Be a SEER 

Stay positive

Eat right, if you crave a sweet treat go for a pineapple or other fruit of your choice.

Exercise a little each day ( even just a fast walk a day helps)

Rest in God's peace: read something from the Holy book each day and respect your need for sleep.

"or do you not know your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God?  You are not your own, for you were bought with a price, So glorify God in your body."  Corinthians 6;19

start each day with a thankful heart

Now, on to our ancestors or those that came before us.

              

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

 

When Chief Joseph began his 1879 address in Washington D.C., with these words, he was setting the stage for an entreaty to the U.S. government to allow his people, the New Perrce' American Indian tribe, to return to their land in the Pacific Northwest.  These words were an effort to show that two differing groups could understand each other and see one another's points of view. They are words worth living by as well.

An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all menace created equal.

                                          now that we're paying attention...

But in a larger sense, we can not dedicate--we cannot consecrate--we can not hallow--this ground.  The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.  The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.  It is for us the living, rather , to be dedicated here to unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.  It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave their last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

please take moment to contemplate a great leader --Abraham Lincoln part of the Gettysburg Address

Be kind to one another, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.  Ephesians 4

Oct. 12, 2021