Elder’s Meditation of the Day – May 31

“Sell a country? Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the
Earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his
children?”
— Tecumseh, SHAWNEE

The White Man’s way is to possess, control, and divide. It has always been difficult for
Indian people to understand this. There are certain things we cannot own that must be
shared. The Land is one of these things. We need to re-look at what we are doing to the
Earth. We are digging in her veins and foolishly diminishing the natural resources. We
are not living in balance. We do not own the Earth; the Earth owns us. Today, let us ponder
the true relationship between the Earth and ourselves.

Great Spirit, today, let me see the Earth as you would have me see Her.


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