The Milestones of Birthdays... and the closeness they bring!

Skookum Megwich meShemahs chena niSawsawhs! *

  

   I would like to take a moment to thank the hundreds of friends and family who have offered their felicitations regarding my becoming a septuagenarian. 

 

   The day was filled with joy and happiness here in the forest. 

   Each of you have made a difference in my live, and I will forever be thankful.

  To those who I didn't offer a personal reply, it was because I probably didn't see your post. That is the problem with social media like Facebook. There are so many posts and they all seem to drift away quickly. 

  I am astounded by your friendship and love.

  One can but be humbled by the out pouring and promise to honor our relationships this year with love, energy and peacefulness within out Circle!

  It is precisely this kind of effusive spirit among friends and loved ones that refills the Pot of Life that we withdraw our daily energy. The open sharing of spontaneous positive emotion is so needed in this day of hustle-bustle, self centered "me first" attitude that is so pervasive today!   

 Your sharing means more than just an offering of birthday wishes, it is the vital ingredient that allows us to become better two-leggeds that we could have otherwise. By your unselfish, meaningful gifting of your gift of words, you have not only refilled my pot, but that of every person who read your thoughts. 

You made a difference, simply by caring. Isn't that marvelous? 

 

Megwich! Thank you!

the elk

* Skookum (much or many) Megwich (thanks or thank you) meShemahs (my sisters, female friends) chena (and) niSawsawhs! (my brothers or male friends) Algonquian Mide' dialect used by many of the Shawnee who escaped the impact of Indian Removal Act of 1832,which placed most of this counties First People east of the Mississippi, into concentration camps called the Indian Territory or reservations.

Read of this and much more in the upcoming Mystic Medicine Lodge.