Sometimes the strong die, too!

Are you one of those people who is always there when somebody needs you? You know just what to say, exactly what to do to turn the worst situation into a conquerable challenge. Everybody calls on you. Everybody needs you. You are, after all, strong enough, tough enough to make it through anything and everything.

Well, Who do the strong go to? Who do the strong lean on? Where do the strong go when they are not feeling very strong?When you set yourself up to be an anchor for everybody else, you jump ship on

yourself! The need to be needed, the illusion that without us things would not get done, is actually the way we escape ourselves.The strong have needs. The strong have weaknesses! Sometimes those needs are so deep and painful that rather than face them, the strong run away. When the strong take the weight of the world on their shoulders, they eventually break down.
The question is, Who will be there for the strong?

I take time for me, to do for me the same things I do for others.

You must live within your sacred truth.

So much of our time, energy and attention is wasted trying to convince other people how wrong they are about us. We want them to know we are not ignorant, lazy heathens. We want them to retract the untruth that has been told. We try to convince them that we have a valid history, a rich culture and that our ancestors have made valuable contributions to the development of the world. We spend so much time trying to show them who we are not, we lose sight of who we really are.

It is not our responsibility to prove to people who we are. Our job and responsibility is to "be." What you do is proof of who you are; manifestation is realization. People have a right to think whatever they choose to think. Just because they think it does not make it right.

I Am who I Am.

Education is your passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.

Education is not limited to the classroom. It takes place in the kitchen, on the corner, as you ride or walk to any destination, when you listen or speak to others and in the silence of your bedroom.

Education springs forth from books, songs, children, elders, women, men. It rises from victory, tragedy, joy and suffering. Education does not take place when you learn something you did not know before. Education is your ability to use what you have learned to be better today than you were yesterday.

No matter how much you know or how you learn it, the ultimate goal of eduction is to give "you" greater insight to "yourself."

I Am educating the world about me.

The determination to outwit one's situation means that one has no models, only object lessons.

If your facing a challenge in your life, before asking someone else what to do, remember what you did the last time. Nothing is new in life. Everything has been said or done by you. It may look different. There may be new people involved. It may even feel different, but it's not.

The key is to recognize the lesson. Ask yourself, "What am I learning in this situation?" Is it patience? Peace? Forgiveness? Independence? What am I feeling now? Have I felt it before? What did I do than? Remember, no one can learn your lessons but you. And the best teacher you will ever have is experience.

I Am divinely guided at all times and I know exactly what to do.

One's work may be finished someday but one's education, never.

Unless you make every waking a learning process, you are wasting a major portion

of your life. You can learn from people you do not like as well as from those

you love. You can learn from the elders and the youth. You can learn more about

the things you know about and fine-tune the things you are good at. You can

learn by observing, listening and serving. You can learn by assisting,
completing and forgiving.

Never withdraw from the education process by picking and choosing from who you

can learn. Keep your mind open, your eyes attuned and your willingness to learn

in the humble state of a student.

I Am learning a little more every day.