Elder's Meditation -- Walk The Talk

It is said, how you live your life makes
so much noise that people can't hear
what you are saying anyway.
It is so easy to see people who do not walk the talk.

Creator, I ask you today to help me be humble.

Let me spend the day listening.

Help me to not brag or gossip.

Help me today not to do those things

that seek attention or approval from others.

I am only accountable to You, Oh Great Spirit.

You will tell me the things I need to know.

Let me learn the lessons from my Elders.

Let me teach the children by example.

Today, let me walk the talk.

Today -- Spend It Wisely

If you want to change who you are, change what you do.
The Big Book is like a cookbook - you can read it all day long and starve.
You have to take the action.
If you stay humble, you will not stumble.
Our neighbor's window looks much cleaner if we first wash our own.

Yesterday is a canceled check,

tomorrow is a promissory note,

today is cash in hand,

spend it wisely.

Beginning Of Wisdom

I really need prayer in sorrow of heart,
more humble thought of how to go
about saying and doing what I say and do.
I try to act as if I were wise,
but I do not have the fear of God
without which there is no beginning of wisdom.
-- Thomas Merton, A Search for Solitude