thoughts From The Desk Of Derek Lowry
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i^vair tailor.
Just when you thought it was safe
to sit down and read the Carolina
Indian Voice. I'm bach again You
m'ght want to fix yourself a cup of
coffee and take your shoes off. no this
is not going tobca longone 1 just like
for people to feel comfortable when I
talk to them and during this season
everyone is in a hurry to gel somewhere
for w hat reason is only clear to
them. Have you noticed that when
days get shorter people do loo. no this
is not a short people attack. I'm talking
about attitudes and tempers You
would think this being the season of
"Joy and Good Cheer" people could
show a little bit of it. but then again
that may be asking to much of people
But as always. 1 say all this to gel my
point of writing. 1 don't gel to read the
Carolina Indian Voice often, but w hen
I do it's dishearten w hen it's negative
This person is writing to blame that
person, or that person doesn't agree
with this person and I know I'm talking
about niysclt As I like to say
"Sometimes the best sermons we
preach, arc the ones we need to listen
. to ourselves "
As sonic of you know my favorite
hobby is people watching, especially
when they think no one is watching
them. 1 was visiting a school one day
and one student pushed, his classmates.
which the Teacher witnessed
She call the student Coward and asked
him to apologize, which he said lie
would not not and that she couldn't
make hint 1 was surprised at what I
heard nc.\l< " "Well young man you
just earn sonic time out" . 1 wanted to
scream " NO< NO< NO<" he just won
a free ticket to Altitude Change USA.
you remember, or sonic of us do. The
belt, the switch, the hickory slick, the
shaving strap, the board of education,
now you what I'm talking about, that's
what this young man needed. 1 know
there're some of you w ho arc say ing
' J' "
"You should never beat a cluld " Guess
wh;ii vou arc right if vou can talk lo
thai elud and show iheiti the error of
their Wilis, then show them the short
cut to the wood shed I Icre is another
thing I want lobriiigupfor us to think
about what happen to respect I'll
share with vou what I think, have >ou
noticed kids calling adults by then
first naiuc. no sir or miss, and why is
this, is it because wcadulls don't want
"to be si red because it makes us feel old
Guess whv that is it's because we are
allow inga forcigh culture inloours. to
the Native people age is thought of
more highly that youth In othci
words wisdom a nd experience is highlv
valued over youthful looks, which often
hicks either wisdom or experience
't'ou only need to cut on a TV lo
see kids selling us soft drinks, cars and
everything else If we adults cam till
the money , why would we need some
kid telling us what tobuy'.' It's just not
in a child's nature to show respect
unless they have been taught to do so
Now this may sound like a small
sound like small stuff, but it takes
small stones to make bricks and it
lakes ;ilol of bricks to make a house
And a house without respect will not
stand, this is why that young mail fell
he could tell his teacher what lie was
and was not going lo do
After I IttftHokftli couple of Legends
I noticed the child in timeout, he
still had that look ou his face thai hewas
right and the world was wrong In
my nest legend I told the children how
at one time all the animals could
communicate, until one day a-fight
started that caused the Creator to end
communication among the animals I
asked the class how would they like it
if the Teacher told them to never
speak to each otchr for the rest of the
yucar 1 told the class if they wanted
others to speak kindly tothcin. maybe
they needed lo .speak kindly to others
first Well the student-who had been
given time out dropped Ins head and
went o\er and whispered something
to the Teacher, as I was leasing Now
I would like to think that child apologized
but I am not sure he did. besides
that is not what important it's the
moral of the stor> I line out is oid>
good w lien wcarcgiven something to
think about while we arc having time
out I even beamed something- that
dav. it is haredand it lakes a lot of time
to teach respect, but we belter get
started because we don't have much
time left
So to all of >ou who have been
kicking and point at other people
mavbc vou need some time out to
think, whv am I doing this Can't I sit
down and reason with these people if
not is there someone w ho can. or does
both sides of the issue just need lime
out Herc'sa little something for those
who have been kicking someone who
isalrcadv down, stop True it is easier
to kick someone who is down than to
help them up and I know it's the
hardest thing to do. but think where
would we be if Jesus had taken the
casv wav out
Anvwav before vou become short
orsav something (lit vou niav never be
able to take back think Just send
vourscIF to lime out and think before
vou react and remcnibei the old saving
"You gel more fliest with honcv
that the other stuff" If vou can't sav
anvthink nice do like me. walk avvav
bciorcvou havclosav something ugh
This is the season of jov and good
cheer, sliaca little with someone, jus:
a kind work goes a long wav. who
knows it might find it's.wav back to
>ou May the Creator's blessings continue
to find their wav lo> our doorstep
and bring you jo> for the da> s to conic
I'll leave vou with the hope that I've
gave you something to think about,
and >ou can put >our shoes back on
In the True Wa>.
Derek Lovvr> \
Cookie's
Corner
\1ni1u May nor Clark
"Loving at a Distance "
It is Christmas Day 1997 but I
know that there are alot of you out
there just like me. Because there are
alot of my relatives that "I have to love
them at distance." In their life they
really "don't want you around". They
live in their "own little world" Wearing
a set of "rose colored glasses".
They don't want anything to do with
you unless it is to their advantage or
they receive some kind of satisfaction.
They have their nose stuck up so high
that it can "get sunburned easily". I
once had a cousin who wanted me to
sell him my house and go in debt for
30 years on a mobile home. He said
that he would give me some antique
furniture wherever 1 live. I decided
not to sell the house and I have yet to
- see the furniture. He'll go and see my
other cousins but to him "I do not
exist" because it is not to his advantage.
But, you know what? God's got
places for people like that! Just because
they are " turkeys" and you are
an" Eagle" that soars on the wings of
Godnomatterwhatthesituation. They
tr^to^ben^mi^reakyoifjbu^h^
doesn't break you... only makes you
stronger. And when they can't get to
you, because God protects you from
ignorant people, you are suppose to
love people in spite of their
ignorance...not because of their ignorance
.
These are the kind of people that
never come around you, never try to
help you, but you still love them and
you do it at a distance. God know that
you love this person and that is really
what counts. Pa always said" As long
as you know the truth and God knows
the truth, don't worry about what man
thinks, because they have their own
problems. God bless them if they come
and God bless them i f they don't come "
That's what Pa always said!
. Today is Christmas, why^yj give
them a call? If they hang up.on'you.
You can say" at least Lord I tried". Go
and knock on their door. If they are
there and you know that they are there
and they know that you know and they
still do not open the door and greet
you with the love of Christ. You can .
say" Lord, I tried". When there are
people like this in the world, and you
try, God knows about it. After all he
knows every hair that is on your head.
The moment you were born and the
moment that you arc going to leave
this world. Trying is what makes the
difference. Because, if you do not try
then you will never know, and sometimes
people can change.
*-? Look for changes this holiday season.
Because our God is a great God.
He made th? blind man see and the
cripple man walk. He can change hard
hearts of a man or woman.
Has anyone told you that they love
you this Christmas Day? I know that
God loves you and I do too!
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In thfr last few weeks we have
been trying to understand the village
life of the Luinbee ancestors in
Woodland times. The reader has been
asked to imagine living in a village,
living the life of pim&daziwin.
The life of pim&daziwin is a life of
balance and harmony and beauty not
only among the human beings of your
village, but also between the human
beings and the"mvironment in which
you live. Every part of the
environment is important Every part
has a spirit which distinguishes it from
other parts.
The spirit of otter is different from
the spirit of bullfrog, though both live
in the stream near the village. The
spirit of winter wind is different from
the spirit of summer wind, though
both bend the branches of the trees.
The spirit of sun is different from the
spirit of moon, though both are high
and far away. The spirit of stone
arrowhead is different from the spirit
of grinding stone, though both
produce food for the people. The spirit
of sassafras is different from the
spirit of willow, though both make
a healing tea. The spirit of
hummingbird is different from the
spirit of redtail hawk, though both
have a lesson to teach.
And every spirit is respected,
given honor for doing its part in
Creation. And somehow combined
? somewhere beyond and yet within
everything in the universe ? there is
the one spirit of all things, the Great
Spirit. And the people of lite different
villages call that Spirit by different
"fiames, each in their own language.
But everyone knows that there is only
one, and everyone connects to that
Great Spirit in a good way
For many generations, probably
more than a hundred, this Woodland
way of life has worked. The
environmenthasgivenevcrything that
has been needed ? crops and other
foods; materials for housing,TcIothing
and tools; medicines; stories. And
although the Woodland population
naturally has grown, it has never done
so out of proportion to what lite
environment could sustain.
It has not been necessary to change
the course of rivers. It has not been
necessary to eliminate whole forests.
It has not been necessary to generate
more energy than the people ,y)uld
wisely use. The ancestors learned
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how, to live in a balance with Mother
. fliarth.
and taught their children to do
the same ? to cajryo/i the tradition
of thanksgiving and respect for every
natural spirit, to continue the
ceremonial ways which preserve the
spiritual balance.
In our reconstruction of the past,
puwidiiziwin may look to us here in
the late twentieth century like a
noun. But in the real time of living, it
was also a verb. It was something you
did, something you believed,
something you maintained. Was it a
life without sorrow or pain, without
disappointment or frustration,
without war? Certainly not. Butitwas
a life of balance, There was danger in
the "forest, but at least there was
understanding. There was suffering,
but there was also faith.
In the next segment, we will begin
to look at what happened in the
villages along the Lumbee when
piumdaziwin met its greatest challenge
? the time when the world changed.
Tor more information, visit the Native
American Resource Center in historic
Old Main Building, on the campus qf
Hie University of North Carolina at
Pembroke.
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