January 29 - Daily Feast

January 29 - Daily Feast An individual responsibility is to set the course of the day, a year - a lifetime. Words and thoughts bring us to some crucial point of strength or else utter weakness. Decide now to forgive. It does not mean reconciling with an enemy - but it does mean freedom. Decide to love - others, but yourself in particular. Wait until the flames settle before you take on the problem. Even tempers and orderly minds can handle heat better. Walk softly, for others are on the same road and they look for a gentle word, less criticism and full observance of the Spirit. ~ We, the people composing the Eastern and Western Cherokee Nation.... By virtue of our original and inalienable rights, do hereby solemnly and mutually agree.... To one body politic.... The Cherokee Nation. ~ SEQUOYAH - CHEROKEE LEADER "A Cherokee Feast of Days, Volume II" by Joyce Sequichie Hifler *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* Elder's Meditation of the Day - January 29 "We grieve more because we have been disconnected from our earth, our first Mother, our spiritual Mother." --Larry P. Aitken, CHIPPEWA Where does all life come from? The Earth. Where does everything return to? The Earth. Where do values come them? The Earth. Many people are lost because they don't know the importance of connection to the Earth. They connect to money, to relationships, to success, to goals. When we are disconnected from the Earth, we have feelings of being sad or lost. When we are connected to the Earth, we feel warm and secure. Great Spirit, help me to stay connected to the Mother Earth. *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* 'THINK ON THESE THINGS' By Joyce Sequichie Hifler Someone said if we do what we have always done, we will get what we have always gotten. For most of us that means we work and work and work, a somewhat rigid path from which there seems little reprieve. Weariness has its ways of making us feel we are set on a track that goes around and around like a toy train. But even a toy is expected to change somewhere. What do we expect? Do we expect something good to happen or something less than good? Now, is the time to change our expectations. Sometimes it means we have to reach out and take hold of a dream and as Jacob said to the angel that wrestled with him, "I will not let you go until you bless me." *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* Available online! 'Cherokee Feast of Days' By Joyce Sequichie Hifler. Visit her web site to purchase the wonderful books by Joyce as gifts for yourself or for loved ones......and also for those who don't have access to the Internet: http://www.hifler.com Click Here to Buy her books at Amazon.com Elder's Meditation of the Day By White Bison, Inc., an American Indian-owned nonprofit organization. Order their many products from their web site: http://www.whitebison.org   *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* If you would like to Subscribe\Unsubscribe, or change your subscribed email address for The Daily Feast email list, visit here: http://dailyfeast.info and fill out the form!