Helping Others, even other Countries

This is

Our Eagle

The very one that watches over us

On Lake Tarpon

like a trusted Friend

During great times on the lake,

during sad times, bad times

times of profound grief

and heartaches

that Eagle will let us know

that it is there

it will make itself known

by soaring over the boat

and then taking its place as an old friend

as a guardian to our presence

our joy and our pain

watching over us.

To remind us

"I AM HERE, I'LL HELP,

and

"I'LL STAND BY AND FOR YOU"

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STOMP

You just cannot get a

stronger message

than that friends.

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You just have to be

open to receive the messages

that you receive

they are always there

if you

are open and ready to receive them.

A beautiful woman once embraced me

and then looked me in the eye

and said,

"When the student is ready, the teacher appears"

i will never ever forget her or that statement.

We as people must put our oxygen mask on first

and then we are able to render help to others.

WE must love us, forgive ourselves,

before we are able to love and to be present for others.

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Just as that majestic

Eagle on Lake Tarpon

watches over us

it first watches out and over

'self'

and those little ones in its

nest.

But

it stands for our country

it stands

for freedom

and all that has ever been

or will ever be

in this

great Nation of ours.

It is seen in many forms

across the sky

that takes our breath away.

It reminds us

that

these colors do NOT run.

It can be found on

tattoo's of folks around the country

on the sides of jets

and on the arms

and backs

of Americans

and

soldiers

now fighting for US

around the globe.

WE STAND

and we say thank you across the Nation,

some give some

some gave ALL

in uniforms of the Military

in Uniforms of Blue, of Red, of brown

of

Volunteers

who protect, and help.

Helping others, even other countries.

BUT

Helpers, it begins

WITHIN

Helpers help yourself.

Of course there will always be those who

argue, who disagree who get wrapped up

in the politics, in "who shot john stories"

and

who condemn.

Those who say

our government and President is doing it wrong or bad or that he just plain out sucks.

It will always be that way, it has since

Watergate, since the country lost respect of

the person who sits in the

White House.

BUT

if you really think about it,

if you keep it real

it goes back long before that.

It goes back

to

the treaties broken long before our times.

Interesting

no one wants to go back that far.

No one.

So we only want to know and to go back as far as we want to go back.

We only want to hear what we want to hear

and to remember what we read and what pertains to us in the now

and what is our spin on things.

BUT

we want swift action

we

want our house values to be worth what they were we when paid for them

and we

want

a "bail out"

don't get me wrong here

I want that too!

BUT

I want it all!

and

I want to know

Why

why are we not taking care of our own

and let's start with our own

right here

where the Eagle flies

and

those in the poorest lands

and

the highest risks

the neglected most

for

the longest time.

Mr President, Oprah.

Jay Z who I read yesterday has 45 million dollars, and Wil I am who makes houses happen for single moms (by the way darlin boy, Cousin Angie and my Godsons in southwest VA is a single mom with two boys) could use a home.

Where are you?

BUT

more importantly

where are you when it comes to

STANDING UP

and taking a STAND

for those on our soil

out there in

South Dakota

who are hungry

without clothing

without the basic needs

of computers and education

and

HOPE

the

descendants of

the

First Americans

of

Wounded Knee

and others living

in abject poverty

that our our brothers and sister

of

America.

The

children

the

Elders

the

Veterans of Wars fought

for America

that are there

too.

What about them

the forgotten on our soils.

Why have no shows been on T.V.

no celebrities taking up prime time to raise monies,

no Presidential address saying this is

a National Tragedy that now must be addressed,

No first Lady saying we must now take action,

NO fans on a facebook having fundraisers

to send clothing, monies, foods

to a proud but humble people

whose Ancestors walked this land

and revered the North American Black Bear

and

honored and cherished the land beneath their feet

and

no country music star,

no MC Hammer, No Jay Z,

No Black Eye Pea Wil I am

and

No Oprah,

No Jay Leno,

No Ellen DeGeneres

No View or Whoopi

No Barbra Walters

wanting to interview

a man that was called

"Uncivilized"

Walter LittleMoon

who was brutally wounded'; physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally as a child

in Indian Boarding Schools -

given an opportunity to tell the world

of the realities of our Nation

and the treatment endured by the hands

of others

to ensure

that it will never ever happen again.

STOMP

I cannot help but

be

bewildered by this

and

I ask

after watching this

video again:

how can this be

that no one cares ...

http://www.indianboardingschoolmovie.com/?fb_page_id=6925834980&

Knowledge is power,

HOPE is in the telling of the stories

and

people need to know

and

more than that

this video needs to be shared

the movie needs to be made.

What is it called?

the Independent film industry that we watch on television?

Someone needs to hear of this,

needs to interview

Walter LittleMoon and the others on this video

and to start writing letters

to get the attention

of those mentioned above.

AND warriors

if you are doing your spring cleaning

and you want to help by sending

clothing,

blankets, coats, sheets

or toys, school supplies, and such

to those at Wounded Knee:

Just do it

PUT A NOTE IN THERE

that says this:

"Friend of Walter LittleMoon"

and send it to:

The Wounded Knee Community Center

General Delivery

Wounded Knee, SD 57794

There are times,

when we help ourselves by stepping up

and helping others.

We do not need a

"pat on the back, or a calendar, or a mailing label, or a bunch of those labels with our return addresses on them"

we know where we live and have a pen to write our own address don't we?

"Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may not remember. Involve me and I'll understand"

So, here is an opportunity for all to really understand

by getting involved!

So

there you have it.

I don't know about you

but

I am taking care of those in my own family,

putting on my oxygen mask on first

and

then helping those in need

with theirs right here on my land

where those first Americans

were the

FIRST RESPONDERS; the proud, the ones who believed and knew that we do not own the land, we are the keepers, the ones who will walk gently and ask permission for all that we do with respect and with honor in right way relations.

for the lands

where the Eagle Soared

and

the North American Black Bear was revered

with its medicine and its freedom

on our land.

To all our relations

I say thank you

and

so it is

for that I give great thanks.

To those who have served and those who are serving

I thank you and your families.

I now am headed to the airport for Kansas,

be well

stay blessed

and

Here's to all you dare to dream

May your spirit soar under the watchful eye

of

our majestic Eagle.

STOMP

Wado

The Fire is burning brightly, the sage is filling the air with thoughts of healing ways on the winds to all today.

Walk in Beauty,

DRSES

author of

Healing Heartaches, Stories of Loss and Life

http://www.drsherryeshowalter.com/