Native Native Powwow

It helps to turn away from daily events to the quiet of nature and feel the peace that permeates the wooded land, the silent hills, and all the wildlife that lives there. At midday, a woodchuck suns himself. A coyote walks the craggy hill with tail tucked under as though he is already proven guilty. A raccoon sits on a high branch watching the world of nature. And it may be a place of quiet - but never of inactivity and never without reason. But somehow simply watching it balances human problems with inner spirit, and it is something to recall when disorder tries to rule. ~ I want to tell you all that is in my heart - and if I do not, it is because I hide it. ~

The human race needs a loving hand. Not a permissive hand and not a hand that strikes out. But it needs a hand that soothes and leads and does so without a selfish motive. Our condition is a result of disobedience. Every rule has been broken, every law, written and unwritten, has been ignored. It has all made for imbalances, injustices, broken hearts and less stability. Where is the loving hand? It is our own. It begins with the individual who is willing to let others exist, to forgive and to be forgiven. No doubt the bad will get worse, the good will get better - and all in all it is a personal decision. ~ By peace our condition has been improved in the pursuits of civilized life. ~