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
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