Gathering Words

I receive a daily meditation in my yahoo.com mail box called Elder's Meditation of the Day. The meditation for Monday, May 11, 2009 is "[The Old People] would gather words as they walked a sacred path across the Earth, leaving nothinig behind but prayers and offerings."
---- Cleone Thunder, NORTHERN ARAPAHOE

Each day we live we walk a sacred path on Earth because we touch the lives of other people. As we walk, we to look at the world around us. Since the planet itself is in constant motion, the world in which we live is always in motion, either visible or invisibly.

Nothing on this planet is still, not even the words we speak or the thoughts we think. As we walk the path of our lives we gather words and feelings, many times we don't notice the words and feelings we gather. Therefore, sometimes we acquire words and feelings which are positive and don't assist us or others on the journey.

Instead of gathering words and feelings willy nilly without noticing whether they are positive or negative, we should begin to notice the feelings and thoughts moving through our lives. We need to gather the good, the positive and spread them around to our fellow human beings. Once we begin to notice our thoughts and feelings, we will realize the interconnectedness that exist in the world around us.

May you gather words in your journey that will carry you through the day and make you and someone else happy.