MisfitsCafe.com - Today’s Feast ~ November 22

 

A Cherokee Feast Of Days

Don't let the night make you afraid.
As children, our E li si (grandmother) was
conservative with oil for lamps and it was a
joyful time when family and friends gathered
on the porch or sat on the grass and told stories
after night. It was not uncommon to hear the high
whine of mosquitoes. "Smudges" or small fires were
laid to smoke a lot and keep the mosquitoes at bay.
Someone told snake stories or ghost stories, someone
sang, someone related funny tales ~ but the night made
it possible. Shy visitors were secure; the caring and kinship
melded friendships together and children finally fell asleep
on comfortable laps. Neighbors drifted away; they would
happily come again ~ when it was night.
 
Give us wisdom to guide us on the path of truth.

~ SOSE-HA-WA
SENECA

By: Joyce Sequichie Hifler

 

Meditations with our Native American Elders

"It's the most precious thing...to know absolutely
where you belong. There's a whole emotional
wrapping ~ around-of-you here. You see the same
rock, tree, road, clouds, sun ~ you develop a nice kind
of intimacy with the world around you. To be intimate
is to grow, to learn... it is absolutely fulfilling. Intimacy,
that's my magic word for why I live here."

~ Tessie Naranjo, SANTA CLARA PUEBLO
 
 
Every human being, to be mentally healthy, must have
the feeling of belonging. When we have the sense of
belonging we can be intimate. We can feel. We can connect.
If we cannot develop this feeling of belonging, then we will
feel lost or disconnected. To be disconnected from life is like
walking around during the day not knowing the Sun exists. To
have feelings of intimacy is warm, glowing, joyful, loving and
connected. The feeling this Elder is talking about is available to everyone.

 

 
Great Spirit,~*let me be intimate.

By:  Don Coyhis

 

C/O

 

 

 

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