| March 2006 Winner: Dr. Joyce Wheeler, Arrow
and Coyote
Honorable Mention: Carol Gandolfo, Psy.D., The
Tent
Honorable Mention: Donna Holland, Lost
and Found
Honorable Mention: Glenda Rynn, The Restless One
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March
2006
Honorable Mention
Lost and Found
by Donna Holland
The dream exists “to be a fly on the wall…”,
but I have achieved one better, for I am the walls. I am the great buffalo
who gives meat to the People. I sleep with them, clothe them in warmth and
shelter them from the elements. They decorate with my bones, and dance and
sing in homage to me, the great giver of abundance. I am the home that travels,
like the snail’s shell, I am constant. That is why it is fitting for
me to stand with the Chief and his son, for I am family. Within my walls
prayers like smoke have risen to the Great Mystery, prayers of a father for
his son; a leader for his tribe.
These are the days of change for the People. The white man’s ways are strong,
and stampede all in their path. They have no reverence for that which they cannot
comprehend. It has become necessary to join the stampede or be trampled.
These are the lessons of being human and vulnerable. This is a time when the
young have forgotten the dream of wisdom. The young have severed themselves from
the harmony of all creation. They seek acceptance from those who rob them of
balance, who lead them away from the Great Spirit.
There is sadness in the Chief’s heart for he has seen the path ahead. He
knows of the fog coming to blanket his nation in confusion. He sees the crazy-maker
in his son’s eyes. But the spirit whispers, ”While lost, one discovers
the wisdom and joy in being found.” This is the game of the Great Mystery,
the path to balance and understanding, and the strength of a nation’s future.
This is the spirit of the lost and found.
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