We had a staff meeting today, and someone told us of two First Nation Senators who passed away. The one was very vocal about First Nations youth working hard and making their own determination to make their way in this society. He was a very strong voice to inspire the youth to help them go forward and give themselves a positive future. The other Senator was a strong pillar in her First Nation and having her voice pass away will be something that the community she is from will miss very much.
I am going to a funeral tomorrow of my adopted sister's brother who was in his 40's. He was young, and had not finished cutting his positive pathway in life. It was a life cut abruptly short.
We are not guaranteed tomorrow, so today is all we are promised. Can we take care of what we are given? Can we be trusted to use the moments we have to leave a positive legacy behind that is so strong that it is felt when we are gone?
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"Can we take care of what we are given? Can we be trusted to use the moments we have to leave a positive legacy behind that is so strong that it is felt when we are gone?" (MyGarden)
Yes we can and the only one who stops this from happening - is the one who thought it.
I have been thinking on this concept for quite some time now - possibly a few years or so. My faith has become one of living the teachings I have been given - in a way - that reflects in waters of the 'way I treat another'. If we want to be loved and remembered (this is not a huge value for me) - then we need to have lives that look out for the 'salvation' of the other - that well being of the 'other'. They in turn carry us on with them. I am not there yet - I am closing in on it - but I am not there yet.
I am not sure I agree that asking a question stops anything...I am certain though that questions are a way to reflect and review if what we are doing is what we should be doing, and getting the desired outcomes in life. It is like putting energy into something and having it give results we don't like and then we keep doing it. If no ones stops to ask the question, and it continues where is the point that makes someone stop and say maybe there is another way.
It was a rhetorical question I suppose in the fact that yes, we can, but is asking the question stopping anyone, no I don't think so. It just profiles the fact that maybe not everything we do provides the results we want.
I just spent some time with a well-meaning individual that thought what they are doing is the only answer, but it is just not that effective to try to offend someone into heaven. So, yes I think there is room for reflection and it doesn't take away from anything. Questions are good as long as at the end of the day one is not stuck without trying to move toward a positive answer.
"Yes we can and the only one who stops this from happening - is the one who thought it." (SVS)
I think my point is the power of choice is in the hand of the beholder - and we each have that ability. If we want to be memorable - remembered - then we have the choices to make that will shape a life worth remembering. I do not think asking someone questions or even pointing them in the correct direction is wrong (it's a good thing to do) - but even with our advice or sentiments - this choice belongs to the individual.
But I think I will remember those close to me - that impacted my life in some way - and honor them appropriately. I had a friend who taught at Treaty 4 Ed Centre that passed away 1 year ago - and they held a feast for him and I went (I had never been to one before)...and I liked the rememberance aspect of it. That being said, I also keep a pic of him in my office as a reminder of what a good teacher should be.
Oh yeah, apparently your sister is on FNuniv's Student Rep Group - congrats to her!
Yup, dats her alright...spose we pop up everywhere...LOL
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