Dream Big

M told me she wants to be a famous actor. I said 'one step at a time'- you have to work towards your goals. She said if you don't have a dream, and if you don't actively keep envisioning it than it can not come true. I realize that she is right. I don't dream enough. I have been afraid to dream- to 'dare to dream.'

Elder's Meditation of the Day - Wednesday, June 24, 2009,


"Believing people can soar beyond
ordinary life."

--Fools Crow, LAKOTA

We are created by God to be vision people.
First we set the goal and then we see. If we create within
ourselves a picture or vision and we hold that picture or
vision in our mind, whatever we picture will show up in our
reality. If we can see ourselves being educated, then schools
and teachers will show up in our lives. If we picture in our
mind a positive, spiritual person to be in our lives, we will
attract this type of person in our relationships. How big can
our dreams be?

Great Spirit, let my visions today be Your vision. Put within me a vision of the being you would have me be. Then help
me to keep the vision in my mind.

"It's all spirit and it's all connected."

Elder's Meditation of the Day - January 15

"It's all spirit and it's all connected."


--Grandfather William Commanda, ALGONQUIN


If everything is connected, we cannot disconnect. To disconnect is not a real choice. This is why we are always spiritual no matter what we do. Every alcoholic is spiritual. All our brothers and sisters are spiritual. We may not be behaving correctly, but nevertheless, we are spiritual.

Our choice is to live out of harmony with spiritual ways or in harmony with spiritual ways. Everything is spiritual.

Great Spirit, give me the knowledge to be in harmony with the spirit today.

Meditation

Elder's Meditation of the Day - December 3, 2008

"Listen to the howl of our spiritual brother, the wolf, for how it goes with him, so it goes for the natural world."
--Oren R. Lyons, Spokesman, Traditional Circle of Elders


If we watch nature, we can tell a lot about what is going on in the world. The animals and the plants are great teachers. Some time ago, crops were sprayed with a poison to kill the insects. Other animals ate the insects. The small animals were eaten by the Eagles and the Wolves. We live in an interconnected system. What we do to one, we do to all. If our spiritual brothers are living in balance, chances are we humans are also living in balance.

Great Spirit, let me listen to my Earth teachers, the plants and the animals.

Words of Wisdom

We have a friend who keeps First Peoples' wisdom coming to us via e-mail. He must get them of a website himself. Anyway, these nuggets of gold in the form of 'Elder's mediations' often suffice for part of the day anyway, to keep me remembering what I already know but regularly forget- and rarely act on.


Elder's Meditation of the Day

"No individual or group can block
another individual's path or change it
against what fits his nature and his
purpose. It might be done for a time, but
in the end it won't work out."


Rolling Thunder, CHEROKEE


Every person is born for a purpose. We may know our purpose very early in our lives, or it
may take us some time. Very often we need to experience many things before our purpose is
clear to us. Sometimes we pick our goals to please others. Sometimes others pick our goals
to make themselves happy. Often this makes us unhappy. We need to pray to the Creator
and ask Him what our purpose is. When we live outside our purpose, our path is full of
obstacles. When we live inside our purpose, our path is smooth. When we are aligned to
our purpose, we are happy and content.

Great Spirit, whisper to me,in terms I can understand, what You would have me do and I will do it.