January 17, 2016 Daily Feast Of Wisdom (Tsugitsvnvda Danalisdayvhvsgv Agadohvsdi ) (ᏧᎩᏨᏅᏓ ᏓᎾᎵᏍᏓᏴᎲᏍᎬ ᎠᎦᏙᎲᏍᏗ)

2016

January
Dunolvatni
ᏚᏃᎸᎠtᏂ

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Dodaquasgvi
ᏙᏓᏆᏍᎬᎢ

January 17 - Daily Feast

Tender gifts come to us all - gifts from some deep inner space that is priceless and stirs our most creative sense. A beautiful, personal revelation is like touching electricity without its harmful effects. But this is something to be kept in the heart and not talked about to others. If others have never known the touch of a shooting star nor felt the awe of being given spiritual knowledge, their response is incredulity and disbelief - which makes us question our own sanity. Protect the gift, treasure it, love it. The time will come to use it.

~ They are clean to a fault....they keep their stock in good order, and are hard working, painstaking people. ~

AGENT THOMAS JORDAN
(ABOUT THE NES PERCES)
SEPTEMBER 6, 1881

"A Cherokee Feast of Days, Volume II" by Joyce Sequichie Hifler

Elder's Meditation of the Day - January 17

"In our story of Creation, we talk about each one of us having our own path to travel, and our own gift to give and to share. You see, what we say is that the Creator gave us all special gifts; each one of us is special. And each one of us is a special gift to each other because we've got something to share."

John Peters (Slow Turtle), WAMPANOAG

We are all equally special. We need to focus on what is right for ourselves. As we focus on what is right for ourselves, we will start to see our special gifts. Then we can see how to share our special gifts with others. If we focus on what's wrong with ourselves, we will not be able to see our gifts. Then we will think we have nothing to give others and we become selfish and withdrawn. The more we focus on our good, the more we see the good in others. The more we see the good in others, the more we see the gifts they have to share. What you sees is what you gets!

My Creator, today, let me use the gifts You have given me. Let me use them wisely.

'THINK on THESE THINGS'
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler

When two people walk together in the deep woods, everyone has to be a good bush-partner. Walking the path ahead of someone requires holding the strong green branches until the other is clear.

Life must have its good bush-partners to shelter each other in the rough places, to walk together with the idea that we are each to help the other. Less breakage, less injury to heart and hand and spirit. We could do a great service by simply thinking before we speak, to control our thoughts before we put them into words.

Circumstances will always present themselves and can cause heartache and turmoil, but if we are good bush partners, we will make it easier by watching out for others.