Creative Arts & Humor for Healing (June 2010)

* * * HEALING THROUGH THE CREATIVE ARTS * * *

The Cherokee Legend

On January 8, 2010, In Faith, By kingarthur

Thanks to my sister Christi who sent this to me. I found it a very powerful story. Here it goes…

Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth’s rite of passage?

His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him an leaves him alone. He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He cannot cry out for help to anyone.

 
Once he survives the night, he is a MAN.

He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad must come into manhood on his own.

The boy is naturally terrified. He can hear all kinds of noises. Wild beasts must surely be all around him . Maybe even some human might do him harm. The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump, but he sat stoically, never removing the blindfold. It would be the only way he could become a man!

Finally, after a horrific night the sun appeared and he removed his blindfold.

 
It was then that he discovered his father sitting on the stump next to him.

He had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son from harm.

 
We, too, are never alone. Even when we don’t know it, God is watching over us, Sitting on the stump beside us.

When trouble comes, all we have to do is reach out to Him.

 

Moral of the story:
Just because you  can't see God,
Doesn't mean S/He is not there.

For some it is:
"For we walk by faith, not by sight."

For others it is:
A path of remembering that which we have forgotten,
learning to gnow our connectedness with the All

From http://www.ryanmendenhall.com/blog/2010/01/08/the-cherokee-legend.htm

IJHC – WHR Observations

Awakening to our gnowing is the most important challenge in our lives. This is particularly true in this fraught stage of humanity's presence on planet Earth…

* * * HUMOR IS HEALING * * *

Ear Infection

This is so true! They always ask at the doctor's office why you are there, and you have to answer in front of others what's wrong and sometimes it is embarrassing.

There's nothing worse than a Doctor's Receptionist who insists you tell her what is wrong with you in a room full of other patients.

I know most of us have experienced this, and I love the way this old guy handled it.

A 65-year-old man walked into a crowded waiting room and approached the desk.

The Receptionist said, 'Yes sir, what are you seeing the Doctor for today?'

'There's something wrong with my dick', he replied.

The receptionist became irritated and said, 'You shouldn't come into a crowded waiting room and say things like that. '

'Why not, you asked me what was wrong and I told you,' he said.

The Receptionist replied; 'Now you've caused some embarrassment in this room full of people. You should have said there is something wrong with your ear or something and discussed the problem further with the Doctor in private.'

The man replied, 'You shouldn't ask people questions, in a roomful of strangers, if the answer could embarrass anyone. The man walked out, waited several minutes, and then re-entered.

The Receptionist smiled smugly and asked, 'Yes??'

'There's something wrong with my ear,' he stated.

The Receptionist nodded approvingly and smiled, knowing he had taken her advice.. 'And what is wrong with your ear, Sir?'

'I can't piss out of it,' he replied.

The waiting room erupted in laughter...

Mess with seniors and you're going to lose everytime.

IJHC – WHR Observations

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