MamaRose's Wisdom

"All things are connected. You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of our grandfathers. So that they respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children that we have taught our children that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves. This we know; the earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. Even the white man, whose God walks and talks with him as a friend to friend, cannot be exempt from the common destiny. We may be brothers after all. We shall see. One thing we know which the white man may one day discover; our God is the same God." ~ Chief Seattle, Suquamis