You Must be responsible for you do not stand alone

 

"Friend, do it this way.

When you stand in the Sacred Hoop of the People,

you must to be responsible
...
because you do not stand-alone.

Many others stand behind you,

depending on you, praying for your success.

Not only your living relatives but also

those who have gone on to the spiritual world

and those who are yet unborn;

all of these stand with you.

And so when you stand in the Sacred Hoop of the People,

you must be responsible.

And when you have need and want to serve the People

you must ask for what you need

with a pure heart of the Creator.

And when you ask what you need to serve the People,

You must have no trace of doubt

that what you have asked

will be given to you

according to your needs.

Then exactly as you have asked,

that is the way it will be."

Phil Lane Sr., Mato Gi, Brown Bear, Ihanktonwan Dakota,
(Jan 11, 1915-March 29, 2004). Shared with deep respect and love, to Uncle Chief Phil Lane, Jr., of the Four Worlds International Institute.

Painting: Spirit Shadows Dancing by Charles Frizzell

— with Phil Lane Jr.