May 10 Daily Feast, Elder’s Meditation, THINK on THESE THING

May 10 - Daily Feast

 
 We are complex combinations of many things. Mind, body, and spirit, yes, but with all the height and depth and feeling that make up the three. If one of these is not kept in shape and made to be harmonious with the others, we are out of balance. There is almost always more interest in one part rather than seeing the necessity of developing the whole person. What reading a book is to one person equals running a mile to another. It is natural to do what pleases us and makes us feel worthy. The Cherokee claims that if you tso tle s di, sit down all the time or are idle in mind and spirit, the whole I ya dv ne li da s di, complex system, suffers. Once upon a time, Indian dancing served the whole person, worshiping, exercising, and activating the mind. True fitness requires it all.  ~ We work as hard as you do! Did you ever try skinning a buffalo? ~ 

  OURAY, UTE CHIEF ' 
 A Cherokee Feast of Days', by Joyce Sequichie Hifler 

  
 Elder's Meditation of the Day May 10 "When you go inside that power, there's no fear. It's so beautiful!! There's no fear there. There's no pain." 

  Wallace Black Elk, LAKOTA I 
 magine you are standing on the edge of a stage. In the center of the stage is a spotlight shining from above. If you stand anyplace outside the spotlight, in the darkness, you will experience fear. But as soon as you step into the light in the center of the stage, all fear and pain go away. When we stand in the power, fear cannot exist. How do we find this place of power? We pray our way into it. We ask the Creator to take our hand and help us. When we get to that place, we will feel the fear go away. 
 Great Spirit, hold my hand and guide me today. 

  
 
 'THINK on THESE THINGS'
 By Joyce Sequichie Hifler 
 There are so many things we must come to know. If there are obstacles we have made them. And if there is unrest it is because of a lack of holiness, of recognizing the truly important. If our appetites are too great, it is not that we crave food or drink, but something higher than that which we are experiencing.  
 Sometimes we fail to know the needs of others, but more often we can see their needs more clearly than we can our own. And we can help ourselves quickly by recognizing the truth of our own being. 
 
 We are spiritual beings and to operate in the strict physical and mental sense is likened to running a car with only gasoline. It cannot be done efficiently. It takes water, gasoline, and oil.  
 When we learn that it takes our physical, mental, and spiritual beings to make one person, then we are whole and have eliminated the inability to help ourselves. The outcome depends on you and me. And it is our duty to disqualify the thousand and one excuses that keep us from that duty. 

  
 Donadagahv’I
 David White Hawk  
 Tawodi Unega "Be good, be kind, help each other."
 "Respect the ground, respect the drum, respect each other. 
 
 " May The Creator walk with you. 