RE: Learning the Ways of the World
Please do share what you know - all that you can. I'd be so honored to be made privy to any of it at all.
The Cherokee are a wise people. All our native tribes were, and what remains of them still holds such vital and worthwhile information worth sharing with the rest of us - in our modern society so often disconnected from the earth.
And after all the hardship they've seen and all they've suffered, that they would still retain (as in yourself) the heart and mind of helping and reaching out to others as a way of living, as a natural expression of their culture, I think, stands as a real testament to who they really are at heart. You know as well as I do, that's what made your grandmother so beautiful.
It can't be killed, maybe attempted to be discredited, silenced, rendered irrelevant, but that beautiful soul always reveals itself and rises to the top above whatever might be there to destroy it. It's just who they were, a beautiful people - connected to the earth - and that's the most original, authentic and unadulterated way to be human.
You're very right, it's information to be treasured.
@medicinewheel I cringed at myself a little after writing this comment, for my tone, but I'm leaving it up because it's how I really feel. I hope you didn't take my tone for condescension. The history of how North American natives were, and still are, treated in this country makes my stomach turn with sickness and sadness. I don't think I'll ever know the right words to say regarding that issue. But I see true beauty in the cultures. It's so apparent, you have to either be full of prejudice or ignoring it not to see it. But yeah, the realities today surrounding these cultures, there's some really sad reality there. I guess that's why doing positive work to honor the past is so important or maybe such a noble thing to do, even an act of positive resistance to hate. That's just how I see it, but I do see the full picture, and I just want you to know I meant no disrespect with my comment. Honestly, as the stories have gone in my family, I might have Cherokee roots, myself. Not taking for granted that every third white person below the Mason Dixon line stakes that same claim. I'm really not sure, but I have heard talk from older relatives. Definitely have very deep Southern roots in my family. The old folk ways do need to be preserved.
I'm so sorry I didn't respond sooner, my hard drive bit the dust three days ago and I lost 2 unpublished articles and now I'm on a borrowed tablet that's hard to navigate, and I'm just able to get back to Steemin' today. You're so right on. There is so much knowledge already lost, and we all, Native or not, must put out the effort to preserve the remains of our inherited wisdom. Your words touched my heart, and I couldn't have worded it better myself. You're amazing with words, you communicate on such a deep level. I'm following you and anticipate learning about you through your future posts! Have a blessed week, @intspekt!
Oh that's fine. I feel like I should say sorry to you, for what happened.
That sounds terrible. I've accidentally deleted my writing before and, I swear, I've about had a heart attack from it. Your brain goes numb, and you freeze thinking, "what. did. I. just. do?" "I did not just DO what I know I just DID!" Sure enough, it happens. I'll save you the crude language, but it happens. Lesson learned: always keep a backup. There's power in redundancy....always keep a backup. I learned that the hard way myself. Anyway, I like your writing; I hate that you lost all your work.
And thank you for the kind compliment. I simply love to write, almost as much as I love to read. And I love to cut through all the static and get to the heart of things, and people. I like to connect, and I'm glad that we did. I hope you have a great week too @medicinewheel!
If you're up for in @intspekt, I've nominated you for the Black and White Photo Challenge!