July was quite a month, much rain, very hot and a great deal of work to do here on the farm.
August has been much of the same, but honestly I had rather deal with the rain instead of a drought.
This morning a friend shared an essay written by a Hopi Indian chief a few weeks ago. The words were words I desperately needed to see and read. I have printed a copy of it and it will be my morning meditation for awhile.
Before I share it with all of you, I will explain why I think these words resonated with my spirit today and felt like manna from heaven or a long drink of crystal cold water.
Several years ago when I was very sick and there were doctors from three different hospitals in Birmingham trying to figure out what was wrong, one of them suggested they reach out to the Mayo clinic on my behalf. 18 very large vials of blood later, several pages of questions about my health and my family's health, and encouraging words from the doc the package was sent to the clinic. A few weeks later, I received basically a book/report from Mayo and the doctor at UAB. I finally had answers and hope. One of the biggies from Mayo was in depth information about my genetic makeup and DNA.
It turns out one of the diseases I was dealing with was because of my genetic makeup. I am Irish, Native American and African American mix. I found the results fascinating because my whole life since I was a child, I was drawn to people who looked different than me. Friendships were always easy for me with those whose skin was not my color.
With all that being said, Native American culture has been something I have studied for years, the other interesting thing, through the years when I would meet elderly African Americans they always asked what tribe I was from. After getting that report, there were many questions answered. This essay that I am sharing with you today is about living a life of resistance. It's not what you think, when you hear that word resistance and maybe you will be like me, when you read it you too will decide to follow a life of resistance.