{"id":3390,"date":"2010-11-11T18:26:43","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T00:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=3390"},"modified":"2010-11-11T18:26:43","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T00:26:43","slug":"friends-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/11\/friends-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends &#038; Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, a friend\u00a0 invited me out to lunch at our favorite cafe. When I arrived, she was already there and had created sacred space for our little get together. There was a lovely candle surrounded by a small crystal, a heart shaped stone, yummy homemade brownies and her beautiful Angel cards.<\/p>\n<p>What a beautiful &#8230; thoughtful thing to do.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3392\" title=\"Tea Party\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/teaparty1a-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/teaparty1a-web.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/teaparty1a-web-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am filled with gratitude to have such friends~\u00a0 sharing stories ~ laughter and joy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3398\" title=\"Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/thirteenindigenousgrand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/thirteenindigenousgrand.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/thirteenindigenousgrand-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Peace Makers: The 13 Grandmothers Council<\/strong><\/em> ~ a Visionary Painting by Minouche, 2008<\/p>\n<p>My dear friend also gifted me with a wonderful\u00a0 photo of the ~ <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grandmotherscouncil.org\/about-us\"><strong>13 Indigenous Grandmothers<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to hang it in our home. ~ Absolutely beautiful!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><br \/>\nFor The Next 7 Generations Trailer <\/strong><\/em>~by Laughing Willow<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"568\" height=\"342\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/CamR8Hz7T-k?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"568\" height=\"342\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/CamR8Hz7T-k?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>We the people of the world need to heal our relationship with our mother earth as well as one another.\u00a0 And we must also carry this message of love with an opened heart to the four corners of the earth. Blessings, Rose<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;Those of us who consider ourselves to be somehow involved in the birthing of a new age, should discover Gaia as well. The idea of Gaia may facilitate the task of converting destructive human activities to constructive and cooperative behavior. It is an idea which deeply startles us, and in the process, may help us as a species to make the necessary jump to planetary awareness.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; James Lovelock<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cEveryday Goddessing\u00a0 is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside\u00a0 each of us.\u201d \u2013 Rose Arizmendi<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, a friend\u00a0 invited me out to lunch at our favorite cafe. When I arrived, she was already there and had created sacred space for our little get together. There was a lovely candle surrounded by a small crystal, a heart shaped stone, yummy homemade brownies and her beautiful Angel cards. 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