Truth is a lamp in your mind, faith is a lamp in your heart, joy is a lamp in your soul, and love is a lamp in your life.
You bless those you love, hurt those you hate, look up to those you admire, and despise those you detest. Love those who love you: they will respect you. Love those who hate you: men will praise you. Love those who have wronged you: God will bless you.
Love blesses one who receives it, rewards one who experiences it, but hate torments one who harbors it. For: love is warm, indifference is cold, and hatred is numbing. Kindness bridges hearts, and love bridges souls.
Whatever fear touches becomes frightful, whatever hate touches becomes pitiful, whatever love touches becomes wonderful, and whatever God touches becomes beautiful.
You are one thing only. You are a Divine Being. An all-powerful Creator. You are a Deity in jeans and a t-shirt, and within you dwells the infinite wisdom of the ages and the sacred creative force of All that is, will be and ever was.
Just as sure as each knot on a fisherman's net does not physically connect so far as each knot forms continuous connection to make the whole -which works perfectly; know that in the broader picture of life, all things are connected, including you. Even when you feel otherwise disconnected from another - the whole always works perfectly.
Listen to the air. You can hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it. Woniya wakan—the holy air—which renews all by its breath. Woniya, woniya wakan—spirit, life, breath, renewal—it means all that. Woniya—we sit together, don’t touch, but something is there; we feel it between us, as a presence. A good way to start thinking about nature, talk about it. Rather talk to it, talk to the rivers, to the lakes, to the winds as to our relatives.
To be creative, first we must be generous. Then we must have a quiet, indomitable belief in our own worth.