COMPANIONS ON THE ROAD 

 Naniloa Smith and Mary Koehler

April May June 2008 Vol. 12

‘Companions on the Road’ is an ongoing column created to help us ‘adults’ remember we are children, too and want to play. 

Reflections from our Readers on the Road 

Thank you, Naniloa and Mary, for your gentle reminders of what is most important: "Keep your SELF happy" and too true reflections: "it is so easy to wait for someone else or something outside of ourselves to make one happy..." and your sweet inspirations of FUN: to change everything in just a moment of play...even this computer software made a FACE of a SMILE when it was loading. Just a matter of DOING IT!

Thank you again.

Pele-au

Ann

Pele-au referring to the previous issue.  Click on  Companions on the Road  to see  Vol .11.

 Something to Do

 Walking Fun

  1. Ask where to go on your walk today.
  2. Am I to take anything with me? 
  3. What did you see on your walk?  Maybe someone was out flying a kite.
  4. What animal or bird did you observe on the path?
  5. What is the significance of this animal or bird in my life?
  6. Did you hear a sound of an animal – perhaps calling to you?  “Come see me.”
  7. Am I to share this experience with someone?

We continue our quest to make ourselves happy and enjoying the moment..  Finding new and different ways is fun for me.  I have been observing that each day as I walk a different animal or bird seems to be in my path.  Introspection on this usually leads to a clue about me and what is going on in my life or… how this animal or bird’s characteristics somehow relate to my path.  Animal Speak by Ted Andrews offers a comprehensive dictionary of animal and bird symbolism that has been helpful for me.

 Naniloa Smith

 Tools for Life

Sometimes as we walk or go about our day we may see or hear things that disturb us.   The ‘ice blue tool’ shared below can be used on your path as you walk along or before you go.  Here is a story of how a little boy uses it.

 

                                               The Smile
One day a little boy was walking past some maintenance men who were clipping and snipping some bushes for their fall trimming.  The child was saddened because he remembered his mother once told him how plants feel pain when their leaves are cut or pulled off.  Sadly, he sat on the sidewalk not knowing what to do.  Along came a  woman who asked him what was wrong.  He told her why he was so sad.  The wise woman smiled and told him about the soothing powers of Ice Blue.  She said to him,   "Tell the bush, ice blue".  This made the child very happy.  He smiled and skipped along the fence whispering ice blue to all the plants.  Until this day when he sees someone mowing their lawn, he smiles and thinks ice blue.

 

       Ice Blue

Works on any pain and suffering.  Just think ice blue when you have any burns, cuts, bruises or hurts.  Use it when cutting plants and grass to help numb their pain.  Use as many times as you like to help you, anyone or anything who may be experiencing hurt.  

   

This Spiritual tool is from the teaching of Self Identity through Ho'oponopono as taught by the Foundation of I, Inc. Freedom of the Cosmos and shared here with their permission.

Tools for Life is on the website under the area for teachers and parents  Click For Teachers and Parents  to visit this section.

Naniloa Smith has a MS in education.  She is president and assisted in the founding of In the Desert Children’s Project.  She has spent over 30 years in the classroom innovating projects and ideas in her teaching.  Naniloa lives in Moline, Illinois.

Mary Koehler has a BS in education.  She has raised 7 children with her husband Kurt. She loves doing art projects and exploring new activities. Mary resides in Hillsboro, Oregon

Thank You

 


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