From deep in the Pacific, on a tropical island fair, three generations offer their advice on life. Grandma Jo, Momma and Baby Elias. Grandma is the visionary. She says, "If you've lived over half a century you should have your life together a bit." Momma is in the now with a degree in psychology. She offers straight talk having worked with survivors of domestic violence for a decade. Baby is the magician. He sees the truth as only a child can.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
"What wonderful thing are we going to do today?"
--Every morning we greet Baby Elias with this question.
When we visited the Pu'u Honua O'Honaunau, "The City of Refuge," we came upon a native dressed in a loin cloth carving a Tiki. He stopped his carving and told the assemblage about being a little boy sitting with other boys at an elder's knee. "What lies beyond the horizon?" asked the elder waving his hand out over the vast expanse of ocean.
The boys were embarrassed. They didn't know. The island was their entire world.
"Life," said the elder. "Life lies beyond the horizon."
We adopted that motto. We are endeavoring to explore beyond what we expect to see from our vantage point.
The horizon of the mind is the same. We think we know what is, but from a higher larger perspective we see more.
Said Zig Zigler, "Go as far as you can go and when you get there you can always see farther."
Together we will see farther...
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