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rich
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Location: Longmont, CO
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 02/02/2012 22:39:31
Subject: Resurrecting:Joel
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Posted by Joel on October 18, 2001 at 03:47:44:
I’ve been tending a little white candle
for the last month and it just taught me
a whole lot about life.
It’s been some work. I had to first whittle
down the candle’s upper-half. The flame had liquefied the sides and buried the wick.
I carefully dissected the wick free - it lit easily.
The burning candle at times would extinguish its own flame - overcome by the liquid flow having no path for escape or able to give space to it’s source. Without space or a path the flame died.
I thought how important to tend the flame deep within our souls that burns and lights our spirit. Then I thought how important to tend to the flame that burns in those we love.
It takes a lot of work to consciously tend to a candle. The flames we carry are fragile as well. We need to honor the space within and the path our lives take. At the same time, we need to give way and honor the paths of others.
So strike a match and light a candle.
It doesn’t take much to light the flame.
Keeping it burning is another story.
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anntinasia
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Location: Hat-Man-Do, WI.....Where the wild hats are!!
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03/02/2012 18:11:06
Subject: Re: Resurrecting:Joel
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Candles are like that... sigh...
Anntinasia
"Sometimes life calls for an unexpected hat!"
"Everything you can imagine is real."
~Pablo Picasso~
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hecticeclectic
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Location: drinking coffee in the south while looking for my outer adult
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03/02/2012 18:48:05
Subject: Re: Resurrecting:Joel
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I am glad the love and magic here keep burning.
Love, Jo
Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, "Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?" And you'll see how everything changes.
And no grown-up will ever understand how such a thing could be so important!
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, THE LITTLE PRINCE
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kathryn
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Location: little house on the prairie
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10/02/2012 01:18:14
Subject: Re: Resurrecting:Joel
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It's funny - just this last Monday I was showing Joel's book, Rock People, to a friend of mine who also likes to build stories with stones on the shores of Lake Superior when she travels there. Wonder what he's up to.
"Do not stop thinking about life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively, unless you choose a challenge instead of a competence." ~Eleanor Roosevent
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rich
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Location: Longmont, CO
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10/02/2012 10:25:37
Subject: Re: Resurrecting:Joel
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Rock People
Was that self-published? I don't find it at Amazon.
BTW...do you and your stone-stories friend know Andy Goldsworthy's work? If not, you're in for a mind-blowing treat. Check out "Collaboration with Nature" at your library and/or watch "Rivers and Tides" on Netflix for a taste.
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hecticeclectic
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Location: drinking coffee in the south while looking for my outer adult
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10/02/2012 20:57:42
Subject: Re: Resurrecting:Joel
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Rich:
rockpeople.org
The book is on there.
Love, Jo
Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, "Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?" And you'll see how everything changes.
And no grown-up will ever understand how such a thing could be so important!
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, THE LITTLE PRINCE
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kathryn
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Location: little house on the prairie
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11/02/2012 23:31:54
Subject: Re: Resurrecting:Joel
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I just googled Goldsworthy! You're right Rich -- great stuff!! You might also like to check out a sculptor named Adam Long.....pretty amazing too!
"Do not stop thinking about life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively, unless you choose a challenge instead of a competence." ~Eleanor Roosevent
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