Wednesday, December 9, 2009

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.
~~~~
Glinda Crawford, 2009
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