Re: Who do you consider a true warrior?

As a young girl, I cut my teeth on Thoreau~~

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau

An aunt had given me a copy of On Walden Pond and
it quickened in me a love of transcendentalism
especially as I was growing up in the north during
a time of the battle for civil rights.

During the years of my higher education, I discovered
Lao Tzu, who I considered a bridge between the East and
the West but also a way to inner peace.

http://faculty.frostburg.edu/phil/forum/Laotzu.htm

Another literary influence who has continued to inspire
me throughout my life has been Elbert Hubbard~~

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_Hubbard

Hubbard's Personal "Credo"

* I believe in the Motherhood of God.
* I believe in the Blessed Trinity of Father, Mother and Child.
* I believe that God is here, and that we are as near Him now as ever we shall be.
* I do not believe He started this world-a going and went away and left it to run by itself.
* I believe in the sacredness of the human body, this transient dwelling place of a living soul,
o And so I deem it the duty of every man and every woman to keep his or her body beautiful through right thinking and right living.

* I believe that the love of man for woman, and the love of woman for man is holy;
o And that this love in all its promptings is as much an emanation of the Divine Spirit as man's love for God, or the most daring hazards of the human mind.

* I believe in salvation through economic, social, and spiritual freedom.
* I believe John Ruskin, William Morris, Henry Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and Leo Tolstoy to be Prophets of God, who should rank in mental reach and spiritual insight with Elijah, Hosea, Ezekiel, and Isaiah.
* I believe that men are inspired to-day as much as ever men were.
* I believe we are now living in Eternity as much as ever we shall.
* I believe that the best way to prepare fore for a Future Life is to be kind, live one day at a time, and do the work you can do best, doing it as well as you can.
* I believe we should remember the Week-day, to keep it holy.
* I believe there is no devil but fear.
* I believe that no one can harm you but yourself.
* I believe in my own divinity - and yours.
* I believe that we are all sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be.
* I believe the only way we can reach the Kingdom of Heaven is to have the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts.
* I believe in every man minding his own business.
* I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.
* I believe in the paradox of success through failure.
* I believe in the purifying process of sorrow, and I believe that death is a manifestation of life.
* I believe the Universe is planned for good.
* I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elbert_Hubbard

There are many other uncommon men and women who I would consider
warriors, or people who stood as a light in the dark, but these
few still stand out in my mind as offering me food for thought.

blessings,
Zoe

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