Sometimes, in too many ways, and too many things, we are our own worst enemy. . .
One thing that really makes me angry, is too see someone carelessly drop garabage within sight of a trashcan.
The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives. --Souix proverb
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe. --John Muir (1838 - 1914)
"The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart away from nature becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans too. So he kept his youth close to its softening influence." --Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux chief
Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect. ---Chief Seattle, 1854
When all the trees have been cut down,
when all the animals have been hunted,
when all the waters are polluted,
when all the air is unsafe to breathe,
only then will you discover you cannot eat money. ---Cree Prophecy
When one sits in the Hoop Of The People,
one must be responsible because
All of Creation is related.
And the hurt of one is the hurt of all.
And the honor of one is the honor of all.
And whatever we do effects everything in the universe.
If you do it that way - that is,
if you truly join your heart and mind
as One - whatever you ask for,
that's the Way It's Going To Be.
---passed down from White Buffalo Calf Woman---
