> How true this is. Arla When people live far from the scenes of the Great Spirit's making, it's easy > for them to forget his laws." > --Walking Buffalo, STONEY > > Society today is way off track. Unfortunately, many Indian people are caught > up in these modern times. The Elders are telling us we must wake up! We must > come back to the culture because this is where the laws are. If we don't > follow these laws, we will be unhappy. We cannot do things just because > everybody is doing them. This does not make it right. We must follow what the > Great Spirit says we must do. We need to pray hard for the courage to come > back and live according to the culture. It will be difficult at first but > worth it in the end. We must teach our children the culture. > > > Great Spirit, today, let me listen to the warnings of the Elders. >
I believe that too. Good words of wisdon. Regards, Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "John & Arla Williams" <jaws@crosstel.net> To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 7:25 PM Subject: [CHAHTA] Elder's Meditation of the Day > > How true this is. Arla > > When people live far from the scenes of the Great Spirit's making, it's easy > > for them to forget his laws." > > --Walking Buffalo, STONEY > > > > Society today is way off track. Unfortunately, many Indian people are > caught > > up in these modern times. The Elders are telling us we must wake up! We > must > > come back to the culture because this is where the laws are. If we don't > > follow these laws, we will be unhappy. We cannot do things just because > > everybody is doing them. This does not make it right. We must follow what > the > > Great Spirit says we must do. We need to pray hard for the courage to come > > back and live according to the culture. It will be difficult at first but > > worth it in the end. We must teach our children the culture. > > > > > > Great Spirit, today, let me listen to the warnings of the Elders. > > > > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L Genealogy mail list: > Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "subscribe" without the quotes > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... >