Expansion Encounters - with Dusty
Life is Heaven in 2007!

A special thank you to all of you who continue to support Life Now and our ventures!

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Peace
By Dusty Reed

Refreshing sense of cleansing
with the myriad crashing sound
of sixty foaming white caps
breaking on the rocks
ferrying away rejected dross.

In contrast to stark reflection
dazzling across the water,
Immediately behind me lay
the fuzzy barefoot softness
of freshly cut bluegrass,
into novel crevices overflowing
along the rocky shore.

Watching, not really watching
Listening, not really listening
Thinking, not really thinking
Just sitting on the dock,
Just sitting.

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Or is your quiet time sometimes like this?

Encroachment
By Dusty Reed

Quiet evenings
Under a starlit sky;
Listening to the cottonwood leaves
Rustle in the breeze.

An unwelcome intrusion:
A noisy dirt bike going by.

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Behold the Beauty
By Dusty Reed

Many new homes have half-screens on the windows. This opens the lower half to fresh air but screens out the unwanted insects.

As I look out my kitchen window, I see through the black screen that blurs the vision of detail in the tree next to that window. However, when I look up, I can see clearly the leaves and limbs at the top of the tree, with no screen blocking my view.

By keeping our spiritual eyes upon the Lord, we can see His creation through His eyes. We can observe the design of excellence and beauty.

"Every day stop before something beautiful long enough to say, `Isn't that b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l!'" - Alice Freeman Palmer

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Continue to Continue
By Dusty Reed

I will continue to continue. If, at day's end, I don't feel that I have received God's message for me, I will persist. I will persist, with prayer, until I feel that I have achieved.

I will be unique. I will put my beliefs and personality on display. I will proclaim my philosophy.

I will practice, in words, what I proclaim. I will practice, in my actions, what I proclaim. I will say what I mean. I will mean what I say.

To set my goals, I will consider my good work in the past and multiply it.

I will persist.

(Paraphrased from portions of The Greatest Salesman in the World, by Og Mandino).

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Some sites I recommend:

God-Mind Power

Namaste Retreat Center

Angel Valley Spiritual Retreat Center

Yandara Yoga Institute

Eye of the Sacred Wind

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It is my joy to share with you that I continue to add new rose drawings and some photographs available at art.com! You can view them at Dusty's Roses I now have some of my rose drawings at an auction site, Art By Us
And, I have a page with note cards (for sale) with some of my rose drawings. You can check it out by going to Rose Descriptions.
I have been posting nearly all of my drawings that are not displayed elsewhere at Rose Garden I have two galleries there. The other is at Reed's Loft. It has various photographs, other drawings, and notecards available.

My sister-in-spirit, Sunny, has several of her drawings and has added new photos at art.com, too, at Sunny's Art Work

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And, for anyone who enjoys playing at ebay, lots of goodies (records, books & post cards - occasionally some nic nacs) are available at Dusty's eBay

You are welcome to forward this newsletter to friends who might be interested! If they would like to subscribe (at no cost), they can write to me at cascade@mahaska.org(with Expansion Encounters as subject). Thanx muchly!

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