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“Can you stand?" Waabooz asked. "Yes," Buffalo said. "Why?" "If you stand there calmly you won't sink any farther and we can work together to get you out of there." "Are you certain?" Buffalo asked. "I feel the bog pull at me even now." "I am not certain," Waabooz said. "But Trust does not require certainty.”

Trust

Book:One Drum: Stories and Ceremonies for a Planet

Source: One Drum: Stories and Ceremonies for a Planet

“Standing on the edge of another creek at fifty-five is like years haven’t happened at all. It’s a journey this life, a crossing of creeks on stepping stones where so much comes to depend on maintaining balance on every careful placing of the foot.”

Spiritual Inspirational Quotes Essays

Book:Richard Wagamese Selected: What Comes From Spirit

Source: Richard Wagamese Selected: What Comes From Spirit

“I’ve come to understand that the pain of a wound or a loss is over as soon as it happens. What follows is the pain of getting well.”

Inspirational Wisdom Essays Spirtual

Book:Richard Wagamese Selected: What Comes From Spirit

Source: Richard Wagamese Selected: What Comes From Spirit

“I don't want to touch you skin to skin. I want to touch you deeply, beneath the surface, where our real stories lie.”

Life Stories Relationship Connection Touch

Book:Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations

Source: Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations

“The head has no answers, and the heart has no questions, Jack would say." Quoting his teacher and good friend Jack Kakakaway”

Heart Head Heart S Desire

Book:One Story, One Song

Source: One Story, One Song

“There was a feeling in him like waiting for a punishment.”

Waiting Punishment Aboriginal First Nations

Book:Medicine Walk

Source: Medicine Walk

“Use the act of breathing to shape air into sounds that take on the context of language that lifts and transports those who hear it, takes them beyond what they think and how they feel and empowers them to think and know even more. We’re all storytellers, really. That’s what we do. That is our power as human beings. Not to tell people how to think and feel and therefore know - but through stories allow them to discover questions within themselves. Turn off your TV and your devices and talk to each other. Share stories. Be joined, transported and transformed.”

Stories Education Learning Storytelling Breathing Transformed Questions Indigenous Indigenous Wisdom Transported

Book:Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations

Source: Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations

“I’ve come to understand that the pain of a wound or a loss is over as it happens. What follows is the pain of getting well.”

Loss Grief Healing

Author:Richard Wagamese

“I discovered that being someone you are not is often easier than living with the person you are.”

Deep

Book:Indian Horse

Source: Indian Horse

“There was a feeling in him like a bruise, a purple ache that set between his ribs. He tasted a cry building at the back of his throat. It was too familiar and made him fearful.”

Emotions Emotional Health

Book:Medicine Walk

Source: Medicine Walk

“We need mystery. Creator in her wisdom knew this. Mystery fills us with awe and wonder. They are the foundations of humility, and humility is the foundation of all learning. So we do not seek to unravel this. We honour it by letting it be that way forever.” The quote of a grandmother explaining The Great Mystery of the universe to her grandson.”

Wonder Learning Mystery Humility Awe Letting It Be

Book:Indian Horse

Source: Indian Horse

“There's times when you have to keep a deep knowing to yourself so others around you can find the teachings in a thing. Those of us who can see know that, but the hard part is letting others go through it. While it hurts to watch them deal with hurt, you know that you still have to let them, that it's a gift, that it's a teaching way.”

Hurt Knowledge Learning Difficulty

Book:Ragged Company

Source: Ragged Company

“Watching the morning break, I realize again that darkness doesn't kill the light—it defines it.”

Light Morning Darkness Shadow Ceremony

Book:Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations

Source: Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations

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