Elder’s Meditation of the Day September 20

“You will only get back what you give out.” –Joe Coyhis, STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE

The Great Spirit created a system of balance and justice. This law says, if you treat others with respect, you will be treated with respect. If you gossip about no one, no one will gossip about you. If you are fair in all of your dealings, you can expect the same. If you share with others, others will share with you. If you judge others, others will judge you. You will always get back what you give out. The original teaching talks about being a giving person. A giving person will constantly be on the receiving end.

My Creator, help me to be a giving person today.

By: Don Coyhis

Artwork By Lane Kendrick

A miracle is something we don't have to ex-
plain. We don't have to explain where refresh-
ing springs form or how the sparkling notes of
birdsong come to be. We don't have to ask what
causes the rippling laughter of a baby or what
makes a shady lane so blissfully peaceful. Little mir-
acles are endless: the healing of a memory, the dis-
appearance of pain, a special spot of sunshine, or an
answer to prayers.
Even we are miracles. We humans are a complex
combination of experiences, attitudes, and gifts, and
we always possess the capacity for greater things.
More exists in us and for us than we can see or
understand. That means the potential for more mir-
acles is always present in our lives. We can take that
potential and mold it, and remold it, to gain some-
thing eternal.

I am bringing something so the people will live.
-WHITE BUFFALO WOMAN, HIDATSA

By: Joyce Sequichie Hifler