May 16, 2023

Quote for Today

"You have noticed that 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 hoop  of the nation,  and so long as the hoop was unbroken, the people flourished.  The flowering  tree was the living center of the hoop, and the circle of the four quarters nourished it. The east gave peace and light, the south gave warmth, the  west gave rain. and the north with its cold and mighty wind gave strength and endurance. This knowledge came to us from the outer world with our religion.  Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle. The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars.  The wind, in its greatest power, whirls.  Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours."

                                                                                                           John G. Reinhardt, Black Elk Speaks