September 1 Daily Feast Of Wisdom (Tsugitsvnvda Danalisdayvhvsgv Agadohvsdi ) (ᏧᎩᏨᏅᏓ ᏓᎾᎵᏍᏓᏴᎲᏍᎬ ᎠᎦᏙᎲᏍᏗ)

September
Duliisdi
ᏚᎵᎢᏍᏗ

Tuesday
Talineiga
ᏔᎵᏁᎢᎦ

NINE
So' nali
Ꮠ' ᎾᎵ

NUT MONTH
Dulu stinee'
ᏚᎷ ᏍᏘᏁᎡ'

AMAZING GRACE
By John Newton
CHEROKEE VERSION

Ooh nay thia and, ( ᎣᎣh Ꮎy tᎯᎠ Ꭰnd, )

Hee oo way gee' ( ᎮᎡ ᎣᎣ Ꮹy ᎨᎡ' )

E gah gwoo yah hay ee. ( Ꭱ Ꭶh gᏬᎣ Ꮿh Ꭽy ᎡᎡ. )

Naw gwoo Joe sah, ( Ꮎw gᏬᎣ JᎣᎡ Ꮜh, )

We you low say ( Ꮺ ᏲᎤ Ꮆw Ꮜy )

E gah gwoo yah ho nah. ( Ꭱ Ꭶh gᏬᎣ Ꮿh Ꮀ Ꮐ. )

September 1 - Daily Feast

Our pride can rob us of the help we need - and the other person of the chance to do a good deed. Why is it so hard to accept help without feeling something very close to anger? Is it because we think we have not done as well as the other person or do we feel too great for self-sufficiency? When we need help we have not fallen short. If we have done everything we can to help ourselves then we should consider it the other person's time to give. If we are made to feel awkward for needing help, we can remember the feeling when it comes our time to help out. Pride is an admission of weakness and gratitude is a sign of strength. We can receive graciously and we can give the same way.

~ We should not despair of once more enjoying the blessings of peace in our new homes. ~

JOHN ROSS - CHEROKEE CHIEF

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

Elder's Meditation of the Day - September 1

"Everyone has a song. God gives us each a song. That's how we know who we are. Our song tells us who we are."

Charlie Knight, UTE

As we start to walk the Red Road and as we develop ourselves as Warriors, a song will come to us. This song is given to each of us from the Great Spirit. Whenever we sing this song, we will receive courage and strength not only for ourselves but if we sing this song for others, it will also help them. The song will give us power and make us feel really good. The song will make us see life in a sacred way. If you don't have your song yet, ask the Creator in prayer if He will give you your song. With the song comes a responsibility - the responsibility to act and conduct oneself as a Warrior according to your song.

Oh my Creator, let me live my song. Let my song honor Your way of life. Let me sing my song each day. At the end of today, let my song tell people who I am. I am a beautiful child of the Creator.

"THINK on THESE THINGS"
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler

Do you remember the interesting story of the lion and the mouse in Aesop's Fables? The lion could have crushed the mouse but was merciful and let it go free. A year later the lion became entangled and the mouse nibbled its way through the net to set the lion free.

It is a dangerous thing to wade through other people's feelings, burning our bridges and believing we will never need them again. The saddest persons on earth must be those who find they have tried to destroy the only one who can help them.

The smallest and seemingly most insignificant has a purpose in this world, and it isn't for us to judge what that purpose is. We have enough to do in finding our own.

As in the fable, we must remember, "Few are so small or weak, I guess....but may assist us in distress....nor shall we ever....if we're wise.....the meanest of the least despise."