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Elder's Meditation of the Day November 25

Elder's Meditation of the Day November 25
"People and nations who understand the Natural Law are self-governing, following the principles of love and respect that insure freedom and peace."
--Traditional Circle of Elders, NAVAJO-HOPI Joint Use Area
The Natural Laws work hand-in-hand with the circle. Each part of a circle will look to the center and will see something different. For example, if you put an irregular shaped object in the center of a circle and you have people standing in a circle around the object, each one will describe it differently. Everyone in the circle will be right. Only by honoring and respecting everyone's input, can the truth about the object be revealed. We need to learn to honor differences.

My Creator, let me honor all differences.

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Elder's Meditation of the Day November 24

Elder's Meditation of the Day November 24
"Things would go well for us if we would think positively about everything."
--Mary Hayes, CLAOQUOT
Each of our thoughts are like individual seeds. These thoughts will plant our life garden. Whatever our thoughts, they grow in our gardens. Each day we will process about 50,000 thoughts or thought seeds. Positive thoughts will produce positive results. Have you ever been aware of what you are thinking about during the day? Of the possible 50,000 thoughts in one day - if the positive thoughts were flowers and the negative thoughts were weeds - how would your garden look at the end of the day?

Great Spirit, let me plant positive seeds.

Walking the Talk, A Sacred Responsibility

What has led people to determine that a person hasn’t the capacity to begin to achieve a balanced lifestyle when they reach a certain age? How many times have we heard, ‘I am too old to change’ or, ‘at his or her age, they are too old to change.’ Every person experiences life differently and processes their life journey in their own unique way. Some people may move towards healing life issues at a younger age, while others may only become open to working on life challenges later in life. Change and healing is challenging; and for some, change is a frightening venture. For example, for some people healing may mean examination of family history and the processing of traumatic events. Some people may fear that examining unresolved trauma results in complete relationship breakdowns and the fear of facing this may feel traumatic in of itself.

We need to be clear that there is no measuring stick for healing, there is no expiry date for healing, and as much as we may desire a person to begin their healing journey, it is not about another person’s agenda. However, as adults in all our personal relationships, we have a choice of engagement or disengagement. When a person’s processing of his or her healing, impedes your life; establishment of strong personal boundaries are the only basis of any kind of ongoing relationship that you have with them because the reality is that a person healing is on their terms and not another persons.

My dearest relatives for those of you at a certain age; don’t put a ‘best by’ date or expiry date on beginning your healing; it is never too late to honour the brilliant person you were born to be.

All my Relations,
Emily, (ejh)
Kihci Têpakohp Iskotêw Iskwêw

Elder's Meditation of the Day November 23

Elder's Meditation of the Day November 23
"We're sitting on our blessed Mother Earth from which we get our strength and determination, love and humility, all the beautiful attributes that we've been given. So turn to one another; love one another; respect one another; respect Mother Earth; respect the waters-because that's life itself!"
--Phil Lane, Sr. YANKTON SIOUX
Our entire point of view can be altered by making one change to align with the principles of the Great Spirit. Let's say we decide to become respectful. As we become respectful, our attitude will change. We will automatically draw into our lives knowledge about the other principles of the Great Spirit such as love, appreciation, trust, beauty, and peace of mind. By focusing on these principles, we will let go of selfishness, self centeredness, self pity, dishonesty, and fear. You focus on respect, you get respect; you focus on love, you get love; you focus on the Red Road, you get peace of mind.

Great Spirit, let me learn the lessons of respect.

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