". . . the Swa, where it is the job of women to say stop when behavior . . ."

[donsu]

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/645

Lucinda Marshall: Thank You Alice: A Meditation for the Winter Solstice


In the dark days of approaching winter here in the Northern Hemisphere, Alice Walker's new book, "We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light In A Time Of Darkness", offers an inspiring path of peaceful courage. In this short but eminently wise volume, Walker talks about many things, including a tribe, the Swa, where it is the job of women to say stop when behavior and actions are in damaging excess. As Walker eloquently states, in our own society and time, now is the time not only for women to say stop, but also for men to listen. She shares a statement from the Elders of the Hopi Nation that ends with these lines,

"All that you do now must be done in a sacred manner

And in celebration.

"We are the ones we have been waiting for...""

-snip- (you will want to read the snip)
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yes, as Time's mirror showed - we are the ones, there is nobody else. a do or die time

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Tatsam asi

we are the ones.