There is no power greater than the Natural Laws. These
powers
were set up by the Great Spirit in such a way
that the human being has no access to it, except by
obeying. If we choose
not to follow the Natural Laws,
our lives will be filled with confusion, tension,
anxiety and stress. If we poison the
Earth, we poison
our-selves. If we poison the Water of the Earth, we
poison ourselves. As we do to the Earth, we do
to
ourselves and our children, even the children unborn.
May we think about this today and ask ourselves, Are
we
holding and acting toward the Mother Earth in a
good way?
Great Spirit, teach me the Natural Laws that govern
the
Earth.
By: Don Coyhis
We must all become caretakers of the Earth.
Gwaii
Traditional Circle of Elders
Mother Earth is the source of all life. We should not only be concerned about the part
of the Earth we live on, but we should be concerned about the parts of the Earth that other people live on. The Earth is one
great whole. The trees in Brazil generate the air in the
United
States. If the trees are cut in Brazil, it affects the air that all people breathe. Every person needs to conscientiously
think about how they respect the Earth. Do we dump our garbage out of the car? Do we poison the water? Do we poison the air?
Am I taking on the responsibility of being a care-taker of the Earth?
Great Spirit, today, I will be aware of the Earth. I will be responsible.
By: Don Coyhis
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A
Cherokee Feast Of Days- May 7
If we ignore everything beautiful and look down the road to some future time, chances are
it will be the same. This is the time, the e to a, the now, the present, to see the dearness of other people, the chance to
be grateful to enjoy. Why wait? Perfect times are
elusive. They create an atmosphere that life should be lived on some
high emotional level instead of experiencing the most ordinary times with the most extraordinary love. Time goes by. The peaks
were
not what made life worthwhile but the in-between times that gave us a chance to stand in the quiet of a wooded glen,
even if it is just in our hearts, and know that love made it all worthwhile.
Love will continue to make each a giant of
peace in our souls. I want to tell you if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be chief of this country it is myself. SITTING
BULL
By: Joyce Sequichie Hifler
Little things speak to our hurts, Sounds, Fragrances, Music that would mean
nothing to others, reach into our souls to do work that the obvious could not touch. Simple remedies can heal the deepest
ills- a smile, a contented whistle of a passerby, the sound of birds
twittering at dusk-these things warm us and give us
hope. But we have to listen for voices, Inner and outer, to give us rest and turn away the negative talk, the negative circumstance
.We
dont always believe we have a choice but we have more space there to work than we know. We can no longer scoff
at the power to help ourselves. We have a bigger hand in it than imagined, and it
is our decision to get down to business
and be open to help and healing from unlikely sources.
Day and Night can not dwell together. Your religion was written
on tables of stone, ours was written on our hearts. Seattle By: Joyce Sequichie Hifler
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THINK on THESE THINGS
by Joyce Sequichie Hifler
Human
dignity is that silent something in us that keeps us from falling below the level where others look down on
us to make light of our very existence. None of us exists who cannot sense to some degree the feeling that others hold for
us. It may create in us a "show them" attitude that takes us through life more successfully, but it will more likely destroy
our desire to be anything more than what is expected of us.
It is an appalling thing to see others impose their superiority
upon the human dignity of those whose literacy may not be equal to their own. Only profound ignorance could convince anyone
they have the right to see and idly judge another's intelligence, or to insult the dignity of any human being.
The
little silent people how have not yet discovered within themselves the ability they need to lift themselves, still have the
right and dignity of being human. A small amount of respect and direction might start them on the road to better things, though
it might be all uphill. At least if they know it is all uphill they may work harder and reach a place where they can look
back at those with lofty ideas about themselves, standing forever stagnant, and feel more compassion than they could have
ever felt.
"I owe no man anything but love" it is said.
But what is love? Love is duty - whatever duty may require to accomplish a good thing.
Love is peace. One must not
only be peaceful but contribute to the peace of others. Let there be peace and let it begin with me.
Love is sometimes
pain. We must give up something that causes us pain because it is for the good of the greatest number.
Love is understanding.
That others do not have to forever explain their actions to us. That we know their reasons without being told.
Love
is courage. Courage to lead where one has the ability to lead. Courage to stand up for what one believes in and wants to live.
Love
is faith. Faith in God, faith in self, and faith in others. Everyone is not above reproach, but we must have faith that the
majority strive to be.
Coleridge wrote, "He prayeth best who loveth best," which seems to rule out all hollow and self-heard
prayers. For those who truly love do not hear themselvesonly, or rule all life useless because they cannot pray or love.
Life
can be as simple as love and prayer. Where the two mingle there can be nojealousy, resentment, or fear.
Jealousy makes
us compare our lot with another's. And there can be no comparison, for no two people are alike.
Resentment plunges
an otherwise logical soul into despair and an endless journey of revenge.
And fear rushes us headlong into situations
that detract, accidents that could be prevented, and long delays in reaching our goals.
But if we can, for a few moments,
invite into our hearts a thing called love,then we can pray. And if we can pray we have the source of all answers to our aid.
There is much to be said of small things. Even in this
age of emphasis on bigness we must realize that bigness is only a mass of small things. An idea is a small thing. With it
we can change our world. We can take a tiny seen and give it careful attention and reap a hundred fold. We can take a little
idea and giveit our attention and build it into a fortune.
A smile is a small thing. Smile once at someone in passing
and three will return the smile. Smiling is so contagious that it moves from person to person until a hundred smiling faces
are the result of one.
A thought is a small thing. One thought inspires another and another until a mental image is
formed. From that mental image blueprints are drawn. And fromthose blueprints worlds are built.
Hope is a small thing.
One tiny glimmer of hope can lift us out of the deepest pit of darkness. One whisper of encouragement will help us to know
that as long as there's hope there is an excellent chance.
A wish is a small thing. Like a prayer, it climbs the steps
to an idea that makes a smile and gives us hope to make our wishes come true. For in small things are all great things formed,
in little beginnings the possibilities of great events.
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'THINK on THESE THINGS'
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler
At
night sometimes the world seems so topsy-turvy and you're so weary of doing things the same old way. Then nothing seems to
please.... You try desperately for something new and different, something that doesn't seem so much like you. Why? Tonight
you are different.
One cannot expect the world to be top side up all the time. Such perfection does not come so easily
to human nature. And always there is a search for something new and different. A change of pace... That thought that I don't
want to be me today, to think my thoughts and do my daily chores. I want to make a complete change now, to know a whole new
way of life. And it is good to leave behind many daily situations that sometimes stand too closely to be seen clearly, but
to be wise enough to know which things should be left behind.
There have been clean sweeps that have left behind the
dearest things.... And have taken along the same dreary, dark unhappy things of the mind that should have been left behind.
A
line from the prayer of serenity is "The wisdom to know the difference..." And wisdom, says
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is common sense in an uncommon
degree. If one has the wisdom to wait a bit, wait until morning - or several mornings - that uncommon degree of common sense
will give us the wisdom to know the difference.
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'THINK on THESE THINGS'
By
Joyce Sequichie Hifler
We often wonder why we must come in contact with some phases of life that seem so unrelated
to how we think and plan. It seems we should be able to proceed without stopping all along the way to contend with things
that really have little kinship to what we're trying to do.
But no matter how we question and analyze, situations and
events continue to present themselves for solving. It takes a great deal of wisdom to know the difference between that which
we must do and that which we must refuse serious consideration. This very thin line is the deciding factor in the victory
or defeat of any plan.
Like a well-written story, sometimes the smallest incident hidden among our experiences can
play a very big part at some later time. It is difficult to know just which parts of the puzzle will fall into place to complete
a picture we seek.
We must take one step at a time, being sensibly aware of the thoughts we store in our minds. For
"as a man thinketh in his heart, so he is." As long as we dwell on all the unnecessary activities we will never have time
for the important things. If we seek the wisdom of the one Creative Mind we have much less chance of being led astray by the
glitter of unimportant things.
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