Leaving tomorrow for my big adventure

Everything ready, packed way too much. Though I do plan to be gone a month.
Plus I haven't really been anywhere (except for my trip up north, but I didn't have the ponies.)
This will be rv camping for 2 weeks. So it will be quite the Adventure 👍🌞🌈😀
I will do my best to document it all, between 2 cameras & the gopro. Maybe I'll get my act together and write a story. I will also try to keep a journal every day also. At least I'll try 😀👍

© Fred Fellows, Red Bird, 2000, oil on canvas, 55.5 x 150.5”, Booth Museum Permanent Collection

Fergus

Elder's Meditation of the Day May 15

Elder's Meditation of the Day May 15
"We must have respect and understanding for women and all female life on this Earth which bears the sacred gift of life."
--Traditional Circle of Elders. ONONDAGA
At a gathering of Native Elders we were told that many men of today had lost their ability to look at the Woman in a sacred way. They said we were only looking at Her in a physical sense and had lost the ability to look at Her sacredness. They said the Woman has a powerful position in the Unseen World. She has the special ability to bring forth life. They told us to start showing Her respect and to look upon her in a sacred manner. We must start this today.

Grandfather, show me how to see in a sacred way.

Image: Wounded Knee Massacre, Oscar Howe (1960) ©Oscar Howe Family. Courtesy: the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library

Elder's Meditation of the Day May 14

Elder's Meditation of the Day May 14
"Prayer is the best answer to all of the trials that face us, because without prayer, even if we succeed in accomplishing some great goal in the eyes of men, we have failed in our sacred responsibilities, and thus we have failed in what is truly important."
--Thomas Yellowtail, CROW
What are our sacred responsibilities? One is to be of maximum service to the Creator, and two is to serve the people. In a way, it's like the Great Spirit is the employer and we are the employees. We live each day, do what we do, accomplish our goals, face our difficulties, overcome them all to the Glory of the Creator. We do these things to make Him proud! Even if we work for a company, agency or tribe, they are not really our employer; the Creator is our employer. Working for the Creator is better than working for a human being, because each night we can talk to the Creator and ask Him, "Well, how did I do today?". He answers back each night, "I'm proud of you, my child; sleep well, and in the morning I'll give you a new set of growing experiences.".

Great Spirit, today, let me work for you. You will be my new boss.

Today we share a piece from the well known artist Sam English (Ojibwe)