Here is another beautiful quote from Chief Shenandoah; “The Creator gave us our name Haudenosaunee. That means “Human Beings.” The Creator planted us here. He planted lots of things. So our duty is to keep thanking the Creator. When we pray it’s a greeting. We don’t ask for anything. […]
To appreciate ALL HUMANS we must be tolerant of HUMAN SHORTCOMINGS. Each of us engage in our own foolishness at some point in our life. We all make mistakes. To recognize the universality of HUMAN SHORTCOMINGS, we should put aside our biases. Such unwillingness to face reality is a […]
One must always PERSEVERE. Do not allow NEGATIVE EMOTIONS to drain you. To defeat them you must maintain your faith, emotional balance and self-confidence. If you surrender to your NEGATIVE EMOTIONS and allow yourself to wallow in self-pity and despair you will harm yourself and lose. Remain true to […]
“BY NO MEANS”, is; No, No way, absolutely not. Very difficult words and expression for a person to hear. Mainly a young teenager. I knew a young teenager, that was in his junior year, who had a PASSION for football. He went to the high school coach and asked […]
We have TWO; EARS, eyes, nostrils, ventricles in the heart, arms, legs, and one MOUTH. Why? The Creator is sending us a message that we should use the TWO objects more and the MOUTH less. The Haudenosaunee understood this hundreds of years ago. They believe the Creator gave us […]
Focusing is great for analyzing alternatives but terrible for spotting them. Once one is focused it’s difficult to draw our attention to all of our options. Always start with a wider view then narrow the spotlight to a focus (GPS). Always consider more than one option. Push for “this and that” rather than […]
TO BE GOOD is to be; qualified, skillful, reliable, honorable. Wonderful traits to have and to accept for oneself. To be perfect is to be; excellent, faultless, complete. Also wonderful traits to have but if one tries to be perfect and fails at it, can become depressed. To strive […]
I did not realize some of my power I was giving away because of my treatment to SOME OTHER PEOPLE. What brought me to my senses were some statements from Chief Shenandoah, such as; “You can be stopped from getting to the Creator by hating or hurting OTHER PEOPLE. […]
Chief Leon Shenandoah said; “There’s no need to WORRY. THE CREATOR’S UPSET WHEN WE WORRY BECAUSE HE’S ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING. IF WE WORRY THEN HE KNOWS WE ARE NOT RELYING ON HIM. Whatever concerns you, doesn’t matter because it will work out the way it’s supposed […]
“If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present.” LAO TZU “The past no longer is, the future is not yet here; there is only one moment […]
A Perfume Whisperer 