Two-spirited

Having been away for a while, and going to teacher's college, I've discover I've fallen out of...something with my Anishnabe classmates. It's not like we were ever close, I felt excluded from things even when we WERE in class together, but this year the gap is even wider. I feel like the one foot I put into the room of the house has had the door shut on it. I can't help it that the teachings I've taken to heart make so much sense and fit me so well; everything from the 7 grandfather teachings to the various ways of knowing and understanding the medicine wheel and other things. It just fits. I'm feeling a little lost and adrift right now. Could just be the winter and missing out on Imbolc, but it most likely is more.

Lyrics to Great Spirits :
[From Brother Bear Movie Soundtrack]

When the earth was young
And the air was sweet
And the mountains kissed the sky
In the great beyond, with its many paths
Man and nature lived side by side

In this wilderness of danger and beauty
Lived three brothers, bonded by love
Their hearts full of joy
They ask now for guidance
Reaching out to the skies up above

Great Spirits of all who lived before
Take our hands and lead us
Fill our hearts and souls
With all you know
Show us that in your eyes
We are all the same
Brothers to each other
In this world we remain truly
Brothers all the same

Give us wisdom to pass to each other
Give us strength so we understand
That the things we do
The choices we make
Give direction to all life's plans

To look in wonder
At all we've been given
In a world that's not always as it seems
Every corner we turn
Only leads to another
A journey ends, but another begins

Great Spirits of all who lived before
Take our hands and lead us
Fill our hearts and souls
With all you know
Show us that in your eyes
We are all the same
Brothers to each other
In this world we remain truly
Brothers all the same

Brothers all the same

Feeling overwhelmed and fragile when confronted with more than the usual amount of misogynist, hateful, horrible things that happen in the world, and ontop of my school work. Even Artemis took time away from her duties to run wild in the hills and woods of Greece with her nymphs and animals; thank goodness reading week is next week and I can take time to recharge all my batteries.