tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73933069337690301702011-10-28T07:14:02.843-06:00"Commit to blessing," my journal entry says. September 11th, 2007. What is to become of our planet earth? the animals? the people? communities, and our very own families? Is it too late to reverse the dying and the killing of Mother Earth and life as we know it? What may we learn from each other - the people of the earth, the animals, nature? And so I begin my commitment to blessing - Judy Brutz, a Quaker blogger.Judy Brutzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424589887932194612noreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7393306933769030170.post-78493969014303388592010-01-25T16:43:00.003-07:002010-01-25T16:47:04.534-07:00

Hi, I'm moving over to wordpress. Hope to see you. http://judybrutz.wordpress.comJudy

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Today is our 48th anniversary. Query: What are the blessings, strengths and struggles of long term committed relationships? How are the younger generations shaped by long term committed unions?

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I was startled to hear James Watson and Charlie Rose speak of IMAPATIENCE AS A VIRTUE. I'm always being told that I need to learn to develop patience. (October 29, 2009, Charlie Rose, PBS)Patience is defined as the capacity for waiting, the ability to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset, or to persevere calmly when faced with difficulties. (Microsoft Office

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Simplicity & Stewardship"Simplicity deals with the ownership of property, stewardship with the use of it. Simplicity tells us to ask for no more than we need: stewardship reminds us that we need less if we take care of what we have. Simplicity insists that we get rid of encumbrances: stewardship helps us decide what are encumbrances and what are not. It does this in a very straightforward way. If

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Great NewsI am Well and Off oxygen!I have lots of energy. I am resuming Life! Mayo Clinic reportsneurological problemsare Resolved.Query: What does "resuming life" mean for yourself?

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Today is a beautiful day in Pocatello with cool breezes and sunny skies. This is an unusual year, we are having monsoonal rains for weeks. No telling what the weather will be later today. Everything is green and mushrooms are growing abundantly, quite different from dry, brown, hot, very hot. Lots of flash flooding keeps us on our toes. Can't help wonder what global warming has to do with these

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I am committed to living a blessing life and this year I am challenged. The decline worsened with what we all believed to be Parkinson's. The offs and on's from Stalevo (a Parkinson's medication) became so drastic and short timed that I lost quality of life.On March 5th I stopped taking the PD med AND THEN I started to improve. In six days when I saw my neurologist, there were no signs of PD. No

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Tough times for me, the Parkinson's progresses and I wonder how I am to continue sharing God's healing love with others when I have become so restricted in where and what I can do? Tough times for all the world. I watch the festivities of our whole country as we prepare to inaugurate our 44th President. The people say that in celebrating, in coming together as a diverse community, we find hope to

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What are the blessings that come from deep listening?My experience of deep listening comes from my Quaker practice of Worship. We enter the Silence, as Quakers call being in God's presence, listening, waiting for a message or light.Quiet and still, I find peace, I rest, my mind becomes still. I learn that anywhere I am that I may enter the Silence and when I do, God's Blessings are given.Light is

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I've returned to blogging after a long absence due to illness and a long vacation.As a welcome back to my readers, I've added a Followers Widget. Please add yourself as a Follower of the blog so that I know who who is checking in. (You may choose not to have your photo shown under Followers, I still would like to hear from you.)Thank you for reading Commit to Blessing and Knitting Life. I'm

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Growing Together in the Light: Converging on FUM – FUM Triennial Part 3

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the outer reveals the innercracked open

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One Single Impression: Prompt 17: Melody#links

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the notessounding in the woodsthe birders watch

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Fadingyet returningred poppies

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wilderness pathdiscovering the unknownCraters of the Moon. How will I know when I have reached the end? What is the end? I walk the Blessing Path and discover delight in the earth. I am set free, able to let go of abilities and to open to receiving joy and peace.

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"Hidden Face, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, photographed and copyrighted by Judy Brutz, 2008." While studying the photograph I suddenly saw her face.She waits, hot weather will come.Spring leaves wave to the figures carved in stone."Petroglyphs" photographed and copyrighted by Judy Brutz, 2008, Capitol Reef, Utah.Sitting in Meeting for Worship, I ask, " Am I becoming fixed in stone

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The ancient one opens leaves in frost and sun. Celebrating better health and good news from the medical folk, late spring finds me in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. David and I join Quakers from the Utah Fellowship of Friends for a long weekend. It is late April and the night temperatures drop, even destroying the apricot crop. The days are in the 40s or 50s and windy. We hike in the morning.

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This last week has been a struggle, new health issues, congestive heart failure, pulmonary problems, in addition to living with Parkinson's and my on-going facing of "Letting Go."My body takes charge and tells me,you must stop now and rest." It tells me to let go of responsibilities and commitments."How dear Lord am I to do this? What does all this mean in letting go? How am I to participate in

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Anonymous said...Judy, what a lovely post about eldering. RichardM, my husband, has been trying to get more people to discuss eldering as well. I think my first experience with eldering was the day an older, grandmotherly looking woman approached me at a pot luck, and said, 'I hear you're moving, is there a meeting, maybe you'll start one'. My response was total bafflement, I was only a relative

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Will T.'s post on "Growing Together in the Light: Ministry, humility and community" helped me to recognize that I have taken on the function of elder in an isolated unaffiliated worship group.The question that kept coming to me and still does - Don't experienced Friends have a responsibility and obligation to encourage, support, teach people, new to friends in situations of isolation, what

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Growing Together in the Light: Ministry, humility and community

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blank pageswaitingcome Lord Jesus,comeParkinson's is a wise teacher. I've not wanted to learn, at times. Layers are pulled back and lessons are presented about "Letting go." How to stop the basic drive I have to push forward no matter how tired I am? no matter how debilitated?waiting listening for deeper places wondering, stoppedno matter how much I want to keep going? no matter, no matter? Yet,

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This elderly pastor has been housebound for 7 years after having a stroke. Now he has received a wheelchair and will again be able to travel the 2 miles to church. Santa, Cameroon. Noel F. Minneapolis, Minnesota.During the Lenten season, I've been focusing on "forgiveness." For many Christians today is Good Friday. For me the heart of Christianity is forgiveness and blessing.Here is a question

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It has been a long winter, mixed with illness and pleasures, even joys. I stop and ask what energy do I have? How do I use it? How do I know when enough is enough?We saw "Bucket List." Timely. The question now is: if you have a prognosis of one year or less to live, what do you decide - in what ways will you live blessings?What if your prognosis is longer, indefinite, but your energies lessen and

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I agreed to represent Friends in the Community Interfaith Thanksgiving and to speak on Gratitude for DiversityGratitude for DiversityJudy BrutzThis morning the Quakers sat in silent worship as we considered the query, “What is gratitude for diversity? Why is it important?”One Friend told us, “When I think of diversity, I think of colors and shapes found in Nature, among the animals, the plant

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"Loneliness prompt" from http://onebreathpoetrybody failingshaking with two canesthe leaves dance freeWalking with two canes these days as I live with Parkinson's, I enjoy the autumn changes, the leaves blowing here and there. I breathe in the blue skies, and always wonder at the surrounding mountains. between the gusts of wind winter comes

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Photograph by Judy Brutz, 2007Stone faced Presidents watch the election. I also watch and participate, will the new administration care for the earth? Reverse the climate change? Bring us out of war and keep us out? Employ diplomacy and cooperation? Make sure that all our people receive health care? Oh, so many issues. breath observedthe squirrel buries nutsI am refreshed

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Healing Hands, Artist Phillip Moore, permission given www.moorestuff.comI was asked to bless Shirley through energy work. Shirley has three children at home and she is living with Cancer. The cancer started in her colon. She had several surgeries and chemotherapy. The cancer spread to her liver. Since the last cycle of chemo, the tumor in her liver has grown.Shirley and I arranged for her to pick

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Photograph on Orion Magazine Web siteThe California fires exposed the living conditions of migrant workers. "Some live in makeshift homes along the mountainside and in canyons," said Pedro Rios, coordinator of the AFSC San Diego regional office. "We immediately began contacting farm worker communities," states Christian Ramirez, the AFSC national immigrant rights advocate. "Some were still

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Firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service run into spray water on wind-blown flames to protect homes and prevent flames from the Harris Fire from advancing in Jamul, California's San Diego county, early Oct. 24, 2007. Wildfires in southern California have forced nearly one million people to flee their homes.Photograph by : ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty ImagesConference of the Spiritual Elders of Mother

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Photograph by: Judy Brutz togetherthrough transitionsblessing 2007, Judy Brutz"Very often now, instead of saying 'Thank you,' I say, 'Bless you,' and people appreciate it much, much more. Last week, for instance, someoneresponded, 'I could use a blessing.' " Toinette Lippe, Caught in the Act.www.judybrutz.net/resourcesWhat is there about saying "Bless you" instead of "Thank you" that feels

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Painting:Presence in the MidstJonathan Doyle PenroseHow do we make room for each other in relationship. remembering the true nature of ourselves with others?"A Blessing is not something that one person gives another. A blessing is a moment of meeting, a certain kind of relationship in which both people involved remember and acknowledge their true nature and worth, and strengthen what is whole in

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Felt Ink Drawing by Judy BrutzI walked with Jesus the day I saw this boy sitting in the corner of the school playing field. I was on my morning walk and first noticed this child at the far corner diagonally across from where I was walking. I stopped and noticed, held him to my heart. Then I walked on.On my return, he had moved to be close to where I would be. Again I stopped. I prayed, "Bless

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Diagonal Sand www_hep.physics.uiowa.edu wind creatingripples in the sandlight plays 2007, Judy BrutzDo I have balance in my life?In being open to messages from Nature, I consider how "light playing" brings balance and blessing to life.Thank you, Christine, for giving this Haiku prompt http://onebreathpoetry.blogspot.com/

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Chief Arvol Looking Horse is the 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffolo Pipe of the Lakota, Dakota & nakota Great Sioux Nations. Mitakuye Oyasin!(All our relations!)In the Great Circle of Life,Where there is no beginningAnd no ending!He-c’e-tu-yelo!(So be it!) White Buffalo TeachingsHCT Publishinghttp://www.haveyouthought.com/abilities failingbless all our relationswith harmony2007

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Photograph by Judy Brutz" One of the greatest needs this planet has for healing is blessing. It is underblessed. Underblessed is like empty calories. A blessing enhances possibilities for good. Like an enzyme for growth, like a catalyst in a chemical process, blessings serve to help a living process surmount the barriers that obstruct it."Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Jewish

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Photograph by David Brutz Flying Freeby Judy BrutzThe hummingbird lies in my hand, her heartbeating fast after being measured, weighedher feathers gently partedto reveal her translucent skin on her belly.“She has an egg,” he observes. “They will lay one eggthen two or three days later, she lays another.”She lies in my palm, looking at me,then flies free.2007 Judy Brutz

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