Monday, August 13, 2012

Thoughts about Healing and Speaking Truth...

This past year has definitely been about my own self-healing and letting go.  It's also been about speaking the truth. 

Though I am writing about this here, it comes to mind that the healing starts within each person but then must continue and extend to our families, our communities, and to an ever widening circle to continues out...infinitely.

It requires courage to change. 

Change in ourselves, our families, and our communities.  All have been impacted by "historic trauma generated by colonization, forced assimilation, and stripped rights to self-determination," as stated by Alaska Native, Evon Peter, in his article on A Discourse on Change, Tundrapost.

Dialogue about what is really happening in our communities must start from a place of solution rather than complaint.  I have gone through trainings on community healing where there was some time for this dialogue to begin but that was toward the end of the training.  And that is where we would leave off. 

I suppose the thought was that we, as a community, would continue the dialogue.

Change...

I want to follow through.  However that is to be. 

Again, it begins with me.



Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Been Toooooo Long...

It's been over a year since my last posting.
So much happened and the year went by quickly. I will be writing regularly, once again. Just sharing this for now...
The Star Lodge
I cannot help but feel...
Each time I stand
beneath the stars
on a hill
It's like being in
the midst of a lodge
Which encompasses the universe
Infinitely
extending in
every direction
Each star has a place
in this lodge
in the Sky
they dance in time
with our hearts
on Earth
Like mirrors encapsulating
Our spirits
Unending
We are the Stars
And they are us
Inseparable as
the Earth and Sky
Scintillating starlight
rushes through our veins
like
molten rock
As we dance...For life