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I yearn for the knowledge that comes with age. And I bet there are a few ninety-year-olds could use it, too! You CAN get old and still be a fool. It takes little or no effort.
I think that by tapping into the joy that is Creation, you are on the good road to a peaceful heart, which is an eternal treasure indeed. You will be no fool when it comes time to change planes (of existance.)
Killdeer
-------------------- Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
~Longfellow
TGMM Family Of The Bow Posts: 15027 | From: Fibber McGee's Closet, VA | Registered: Mar 2003
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Killy, your are %100, hit it on the head, right on. i was a bad kid, got worse as young adult and was on a road to nowhere. had much hate in my heart for many things and myself being number one. i had rage in me that was tearing me apart. to many ( most ) what changed my life will be unbeleieveable as it was a simple red tailed hawk feather. it opened my eyes, heart and soul. brother hawk showed me the way and when i started to believe a new world opened. yes, i now have a peaceful heart and it is a beautiful thing. i have MUCH to learn and i look forward to it and each lesson. i really wish you, Killy would post for often as i really enjoy your words and stories.
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If I post all the time, I won't live and learn and have new stories to post. I guess I could make 'em up, but they would ring hollow after a while.
Thank goodness my leave was approved for November! Killdeer
-------------------- Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
~Longfellow
TGMM Family Of The Bow Posts: 15027 | From: Fibber McGee's Closet, VA | Registered: Mar 2003
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mountain man i feel ya its amazinng how much we change if we take time to enjoy the inportent things the older we get the more pure and simple things seem to get and we get back towards the place we were supose to be to begin with have a good season blood brother
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mountainmanken, as stated before you do have a poets soul. I am in no way considered old(24) however, due to a bungled surgery to remove a kidney part of my remaining one was damaged. I treat each season as if it were my last, because we just do not know. I have been unable to loosen an arrow at an animal since my surgery 4 years ago, not for lack of chances but for enjoying the serenity and peace and the comraderie I feel with my prey. Your words brought tears to my eyes and I wish you many more seasons of peace and tranquility in the wilderness you love.
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thanks again to all but i know what i write is in many of us as i have become close to many of you, it is good to see the old ways have not died. i believe they are alive and well, just very hard to hear and see in this day and age. look with your heart, listen with your soul, believe in what you can not see, stay strong to your beliefs. a little blind mouse taught me that, true story!
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Why is it that so many of us can have these same thoughts, but do not have the ability to put them into such wonderful words. Thanks Ken for letting us speak and live through your words.. BOB
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Great stuff! God has a way of enlightening us all through nature if we just allow it to happen. The outdoors are my church away from church and I see God in all that exists out there. I have been very blessed to experience his gentle hand through all of the things you mention Ken. The screech of a hawk and his graceful predatory flight. The smell of the evergreens on a fall breeze,....the desert sage in the morning. Too many awe inspiring sunrises and sunsets! I'm glad that I have met like-minded brothers and sisters here who share their passions with me and relate the things we all share and "know" when we are out taking part in the great circle of life. Hope all of you make sacred new memories and connections this hunting season!
Thanks for ringing the tuning fork in my soul through your words Ken. God Bless!
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