CIRCLES

Quote for Today - March 22,   2013

"Everything an Indian does
is in a circle,
and that is because
the power of the world
always works in circles, 
and everything tries to be round.
In the old days
when we were a strong
and happy people,
all our power came to us
from the sacred hoop of the nation,
and so long as the hoop
was unbroken the people flourished."

Black Elk [1863-1950] in Black Elk Speaks, 
the Life Story of a Holy Man
of the Ogalala Sioux, as told
through John G. Neihardt [1961]

Painting: "Circle of Life"