Seasons

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I am deeply drawn

to reflect

on a system of Life

which suggests and honors

Roles and Responsibilities

of the 4 Seasons:

Youth,

Young Adult,

Middle Adult,

Older Adult/Elder.

My Culture

elevates

Young Adulthood

and avoids

Old Age/Death,

no matter the cost.

Such a System

sets up

Imbalance in Relationships and

Distortion of the Gifts of Each.

Each of the Seasons

cannot come

into the fullness

of their expression.

How may

we hold

in Equal and

Mutually Respectful

Relationship

Sacred Gifts of these 4 Seasons

that the Creator

intended?

Lessons and Life Ways

of Indigenous Peoples

of this Continent

draw me in.

We have

some things

to learn

to become

all that we are

meant to be.

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Glinda Crawford, 2009

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