Native American and Indigenous Wisdom

From Standing Bear Network:

Image by John Gonzalez 

You'd be surprised at how many times good men sit in their car, on the bed, in the bathroom, in the living room, and cry, because they're so stressed, or lost, or confused, or hurt, or ready to give up. But when these good men show their face again they look perfectly fine, unbothered and still manage to smile and go about there business like nothing happened.

Good men are some of the most resilient, overlooked, and underappreciated people, and they go through so much.

Can I speak to your spirit for a second? You are the glue that holds everything and everyone together. Your very presence is power. When you speak it resonates and yet your silence is deafening. In all that you go thru as you fight for not only who you are, but who you are striving to be, just know… I see you.

If you're a good man and you're reading this I just wanna say…

When you can't win the day, just keep winning the moment and keep going. There’s always a light at the end of the tunnel.

~via Zach Trout, Nehiyawak



From Steven Charleston:

Some of us have winter souls. We go on the inward journey by an ancient instinct, seeking solitude when light and dark dance more closely than at any other time. There are secrets in the gray clouds and revelations in the cold wind. Hidden deep beneath the snow are memories, reminders of the long path that has brought us this far. Some of us have winter souls, drawn to deeper thoughts, sitting in a chair by the window, looking out at infinity above the bony-fingered trees.