…[L]ove in its fullest form is a series of deaths and rebirths. We let go of one phase, one aspect of love, and enter another. Passion dies and is brought back. Pain is chased away and surfaces another time. To love means to embrace and at the same time to withstand many endings, and many many beginnings- all in the same relationship.
—Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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Chez Guevara: The reflection of a young peace worker.
Written by my beautiful hummingbird sister.
Her words are of the soil… rich, fertile and fruit-bearing.
She speaks her truth. And I share in this truth.
Je te vois
“And, of course, I am afraid— you can hear it in my voice— because the transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation and that always seems fraught with danger.” -Winnie Mandela
Inhale. Remember.
Exhale. Celebrate.
Of course I’m afraid. Something…
This is my sister. But for real. She sleeps across the hall from me. Hi Babiii!!!
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Indigenous Knowledge in a Concrete Jungle
Check out the Link below!
In this 30-minute lecture, Anishinabek activist, scholar and writer Dr. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson answers the question: “Can Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge Survive in the Modern World?”
This lecture is part of the 2008 Ethics Speaker Series, “Advertising, Branding, Intellectual Property Issues Across the Professions” organized by Ryerson University’s Faculty of Arts.
http://intercontinentalcry.org/can-traditional-knowledge-survive-in-the-modern-world/
Roots & Wings
Roots… we have to look back to connect the dots, while moving forward with faith because we don’t know for sure where the next dot is.
The paradigm: to remain strongly anchored while moving forward, roots and wings. We need to struggle with ourselves in order to remain true to ourselves. Integrity is not cheap.
I have always been moved to give, do, and make a difference, but have to pay attention and be intentional in how it materializes so it doesn’t end in just dreams.
“Wolf is the Grand Teacher. Wolf is the sage, who after many winters upon the sacred path and seeking the ways of wisdom, returns to share new knowledge with the tribe. Wolf is both the radical and the traditional in the same breath. When the Wolf walks by you-you will remember.”
Robert Ghost Wolf
