Elder's Meditation of the Day - July 31

Elder's Meditation of the Day - July 31   

Look behind you. See your sons and your daughters. They
are your future. Look farther and see your sons' and your
daughters' children and their children's children even unto
the Seventh Generation. That's the way we were taught.
Think about it: you yourself are a Seventh Generation."               
-- Leon Shenandoah, ONONDAGA   
       
The Creator designed us with a free will. That means we function from choices
and consequences. It is important that we practice thinking about consequences
before we make decisions about choices. Every choice I make is like setting up
dominos one after the other that produce consequences. Not just for me but also
for my children and for the children that are unborn. My choices and decision today
will have consequences for seven generations. For example, if I work on my own
spiritual development and I walk the Red Road, the odds are that my children will.
They will marry and their children will follow the Red Road and so will my
grandchildren even up to the seventh generation. This will happen because of the
choices and decisions that I make today.    

Great Spirit, grant that the choices and decisions that I make today will honor
Your laws and values. May I live in peace today that will ripple into the seventh
generation.