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Melissa

offline 44 friends
joined on 04/05/05
last updated 10/14/09
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HAFIZ

The Happy Virus

I caught the happy virus last night

When I was out singing beneath the stars.

It is remarkably contagious -

So kiss me.

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RUMI

The minute I heard my first love story,

I started looking for you, not knowing

how blind that was.



Lovers don't finally meet somewhere,

they're in each other all along.



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MAX EHRMANN

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

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DIANE ACKERMAN

I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder, as an architect of peace.

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FROM THE TALMUD

EVERY BLADE OF GRASS HAS ITS ANGEL THAT BENDS OVER IT AND WHISPERS, "GROW, GROW".

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ENLIGHTENMENT

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MASAHIDE

Barn's burnt down . . .
Now I can see the moon.

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PEMA CHODRON

The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes.

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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
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Fooled Them!

May 7, 2009
Melisssssa hath ze best weirding on herr profile.

Shee gives good read.
Unsu...
 
January 27, 2009
When I first discovered the Tribe sites, Melissa and her Tribe "Personal Best" caught my attention. Even though it's cyber-space and words and pictures on a computer screen, it's amazing how much personality comes wafting through. Melissa has always come across as very special.

I don't really understand it. She has taken time to write me friendly, upbeat notes and comment on things I've written. And she's also constructed an amazing profile page: a feast for the eyes and mind. I can only imagine what great conversation an afternoon coffee or dinner with her would generate.

Thanks Melissa for being such a quality human being (and putting up with my taxing sense of humor).

Chaste hugs and affection,
a/l
August 4, 2008
My Sugarbritches......

Who else would marry a kinky pervy chic that proposed to her.:) Heh,,she rocks people...she is beautiful and intelligent and funny....
She is an old soul,,,,has a strong mind and character. She just is..............
July 13, 2008
Melissa is one of my favorite people on Tribe. Smart, very very funny, doesn't take herself too seriously, and as down to earth as a person can be. I'm very proud and fortunate to call Melissa my friend. Oh yeah, she's also cool as mud! :D
September 30, 2007
Smart, witty, compassionate, and a damn fine woman to have as a friend. She has enriched my life, and made me laugh. Thanks for being there for me Hun, (wink)!

X's & O's
Tim(my)
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I spent the evening with my benefactor; my teacher, my shaman.
He is an Hablador. A Storyteller. A very rare type of shaman who heals with words, and the spaces between words, and the spaces between us and our shadows and our light.
I can feel that I am still not completely back from this Space, this non-ordinary reality. The Dreaming. Walking Between Worlds. These words and this cadence are not mine. They are from the ancestors; passed down through energy and breath and laughter and tears... read more
Thu, July 30, 2009 - 9:42 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
Einstein was quoted as saying, "There are two kinds of people in the world; those for whom everything is a miracle, and those for whom nothing is."
For the first time in a very long time, I look around me and see little miracles everywhere. Synchronicities. Blessings.
My chakras have unclenched along with my jaw. There is light all around me, even in the darkness. I am filled with warmth and the knowledge that All Will Be Well, as a friend of mine kept reminding me when I was sick recently.... read more
Wed, July 29, 2009 - 3:08 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing. Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim, too ugly or too this or too that. Songs that run you down or poke fun at you on account of your bad luck or hard traveling. I am out to fight those songs to my very last breath of air and my last drop of blood. I am out to sing songs that will prove to... read more
Thu, May 28, 2009 - 7:39 PM permalink - 0 comments
 
Maybe it's due to the renewal process that is Springtime.
Maybe it's simply the Cold Shower I have been avoiding.
Anyway, I did it. Finally.
I have packed up my stilettos and twirly party dresses and sporty resort wear.
I finally shot the clothes horse.
It all went to Goodwill today.
I thought that hanging on to clothes from happier, pain-free days would act as an incentive to get better.
I thought planning trips to exotic and tropical places would act as an incentive to get better.
... read more
Sun, April 5, 2009 - 5:06 PM permalink - 4 comments
 
Tribe is all messed up for me.
I can't send messages or post to tribes, and I'm not getting the notices that new things have been posted on my favorite tribes.
I hope this posts so you guys will know that the zombies didn't get me!
Sun, February 22, 2009 - 6:24 PM permalink - 2 comments
 
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Stairway To Heaven

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"In ALL that is in the world dwell Holy Sparks, no thing is empty of them. In the actions of men also -- indeed, even in the sins that a man does -- dwell Holy Sparks of the Glory of God waiting to be liberated by man and raised by him to the Higher World." -- The Ba'al Shem Tov

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LEONARD COHEN

And jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said all men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.

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Stand Before the Lord of Song

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HECATE

Triple Goddess
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Hecate

She stands at the cross-roads of three roads...that's where you'll find the entrance to her realm. She is always there during both the full and especially the dark moon to open and close the gateway from here to there and back again (hopefully). Her secret nature is that she is very kind and generous. Should you meet her on your path, standing ... at the crossroads, you should count yourself lucky. However, never let on that you know or even suspect what I'm telling you here (about her secret nature) or you could be in for quite a shock--since she protects her gentle spirit behind a mask which is both hideous and terrifying. And to make matters even worse, the mask is itself alive and sentient as well as very deadly--and tailored to the individual. Respect this mask, but don't believe in it...for just behind it is a beauty that would break your heart, and I mean literally...
By Janna Hart

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If You Don't Stop That

I used to live in
A cramped house with confusion
And pain.
But then I met the Friend
And started getting drunk
And singing all
Night.

Confusion and Pain
Started acting nasty,
Making threats,
With talk like this,
"If you don't stop 'that' -
All that fun -
We're
Leaving."

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Oh soul,
you worry too much.
You have seen your own strength.
You have seen your own beauty.
You have seen your golden wings.
Of anything less,
why do you worry?
You are in truth
the soul, of the soul, of the soul.
You are the security,
the shelter of the spirit of Lovers.

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COMPASSION

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Paul Foster Case

"He who has perfect confidence in the ultimate success of the Great Work bears witness to his faith by unremitting endeavors to transform appearances of failure into evidences of victory!"

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Taken From The Book of the Law

I give unimaginable joys on earth: certainty, not faith, while in life, upon death; peace unutterable, rest, ecstasy; nor do I demand aught in sacrifice.
Chapter I, verse 58

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Liber Tzaddi, verses 21-24

I ask you to sacrifice nothing at mine altar; I am the God who giveth all.

Light, Life, Love; Force, Fantasy, Fire; these do I bring you: mine hands are full of these.

There is joy in the setting-out; there is joy in the journey; there is joy in the goal.

Only if ye are sorrowful, or weary, or angry, or discomforted; then ye may know that ye have lost the golden thread, the thread wherewith I guide you to the heart of the groves of Eleusis.

My disciples are proud and beautiful; they are strong and swift; they rule their way like mighty conquerors

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NUIT

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