<div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black;"><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: tuchyner5@aol.com<br>To: group1@bluegraspals.com <group1@bluegraspals.com><br>Sent: Thu, Apr 15, 2021 9:10 am<br>Subject: Leonard's belated comments re: DeAnna's work<br><br></div><div id="yiv3742149677"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color:black;"><p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">This is a wisdom tale. <span style=""> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Follow your heart and find your nature. </span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">That is the onlyh way<span style=""> </span>to find peace, </span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">flfilment and satisfaction in life.e<span style=""> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">The saga is idealized. </span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">There are dogs that have not found contentment
with man </span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">and would rather be wild than domesticated.<span style=""> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">We are all of many different natures, </span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">and these natures may be at war with each other.
</span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Reconciling these many natures is a daunting
task.<span style=""> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">The story can be seen as these different natures
</span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">trying to find an accommodation. </span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">But we know that it is very difficult, </span></u></b></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">and there may be different solutions for
different times of life.</span></u></b></p>
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<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">DeAnnas submission<span style=""> </span>for March </span></p>
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<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">1,124 words</span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Breaking Trail</span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega</span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">At the edge of a clearing within the deep
forest, Grandmother Spider watched as a young wolf came upon a large
panther. The great cat was up wind of him and the two were both scenting
the breeze seeking the same rabbit. The wolf feared for his life.
The panther was probably faster and armed with vicious claws as well as sharp
teeth. As the wolf backed away in fear from the great cat, one who was
like a wolf and yet not sprang out from behind a tree. This creature gave
several loud yips and growled in the manner of wolves. The hackles and
fur along his back stood up making him appear much larger and fiercer than he
actually was. The panther turned and slipped away. Two wolflike
creatures were more than he wanted to encounter. The young wolf noted
that this creature had many strange scents on his coat. Some of them were
even frightening like fire smoke. The wolf was glad of the help dealing with
the panther, but he was also puzzled.</span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">
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<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">
"What are you?" he asked.</span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">
"I am called dog," answered the stranger. "My people and
yours were once of the same clan but yours chose to wander the wild hills and
mine made compact with the creature they call mankind."</span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">
"Why did your people do that?" asked young wolf. "Why
would you choose to join a pack of men?" </span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">
"Men are very clever, they can't hear, smell or hunt quite so well as do
our peoples. Still their front paws can do many things ours cannot.
They manage to stay warm in the coldest winter. They store food like the
squirrels. They know how to kill their prey from a distance so they need
not bear the marks of its teeth hooves or claws on their weak bodies.
They can fashion things from what they have at hand like the very stones of the
earth. They use the things they make like claws and teeth that are
stronger than those the Great Spirit has granted us. This ability to make
what they need is a greater gift than the maker of all has given to any other
creature. If you join their tribe, they share food," answered Dog.</span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">
"A wolf pack hunts together and shares the kill according to their worth
in the hunt. They share the warmth of their bodies." said the wolf.
“Men are even more different from you than you are from a wolf. How
strange it must be to live among creatures not of your own kind. Although
wolves share the land with other animals, they are not part of our clan.
Some are food and some would kill and eat us if we did not avoid them. A warm
den and plenty of food are good things. Surely they are not worth the
danger of living among such fearsome creatures as mankind," said the wolf.</span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">
The greatest gift they have is love. Their clever paws know
the right places to scratch or pat. To live with them is to become part
of their pack. They do more than share their dens and food. They are
gentle to the old, the young and the wounded or ill. There is a joy in
living and working together in a strong community. Although their ears
and noses don't work as well as ours do, they are wise and reward those who
serve them with care and protection," replied dog. </span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">
"We of the wolf clan hunt and sing together," commented the
wolf. "But no one controls our freedom to come and go as we
choose. I am no one's servant. Someday when I have attained enough
wisdom, I will be the leader of my pack," he said. "I do not
think mankind will allow you ever to rise so high."</span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">
"There is only one leader at a time and not all will be able to
lead. There is much contentment in working together to serve the
community in which we live," replied the dog. "Besides,
leadership is a great responsibility. If you are unwise in your
decisions, then many more may suffer the consequences of your leadership than
simply yourself. If you choose to lead, you must serve the greater good
of the pack."</span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">
"Perhaps, but I may come and go as I choose and need only please
myself," said the young wolf. "I can follow a leader if he
seems to be the strongest and wisest or challenge his right to lead. I
can choose to hunt alone for a time and test my skills breaking my own
trail."</span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">
"It is a good thing to consider whether the one you follow is worthy of
your loyalty. It is good to make wise choices about the trail you choose to
take. But it is also good to work and live with others. A community
is stronger than a single being. I can understand your love of freedom,
but for me, I am glad to share my gifts with a strong pack. We must each
choose the path that suits us best," said the dog. Each of us must
break his own trail. If I do so to serve my pack of men and you do so to
serve yourself or a pack of wolves, each of us still chooses the direction we
go given the nature of our hearts."</span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">
"Then it is wise for us to look into our hearts and see what that nature
is. Only then will we truly break trail in the way that is best for each
of us," responded the young wolf.</span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"> </span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">Grandmother Spider thought these two had come to
a good conclusion. Only by being oneself and following where our hearts can
each find the trail to follow through life. She had watched the tribe of men
and was pleased with how the smaller females cared for children, and made a
good place for them to live. The larger males used their strength to provide
for all of the people. The people of two spirits were included for their wisdom
and their talents to see both person’s value. Together, they made for a strong
grouping and created a community that allowed each to find the work that best
suited them individually. She thought that was why they were so strong. Each
woman, man, child and those with two spirits shared the work to be done to make
a strong whole. This was both wise and good.</span></p>
<p class="yiv3742149677MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;">
"Listen to your hearts and break your own trail my children," so
counsels grandmother spider. "For the one who goes against his
nature will never truly find inner peace and contentment and discover the road
that he is meant to walk."</span></p>
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