Seems to me the Elders speak to us in many ways.... Arla ----- Original Message ----- > "Everything really is equal. The Creator doesn't look at me any better > than he looks at the trees. We're all the same." > --Janice Sundown Hattet, SENECA > > Sometimes humans think we are the center of the Universe. Sometimes we > think we are above or better than other people or things. The Great > Spirit made a set of Laws and Principles by which all things should > live. Everybody and everything lives by the same Laws. We are all made > of atoms just like the trees. The life force in the middle of the atom > is the life force of the Great Mystery. It is the same for everything. > We are all equal in the eyes of the Creator. > > > Great Spirit, today, I will respect your handiwork. > >