Do we make ourselves into what we become or is it built into our genes, into the fate spun for us by whatever shapes events?

The best teachers have shown me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly - we only think it does.

One of the things I've been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when the time is right. As an Onondaga friend put it to me, "you can't pick berries until the berries are ripe."

A story is a burden which must be carried with as much care as we carry a sleeping child

Do we make ourselves into what we become or is it built into our genes, into the fate spun for us by whatever shapes events?

As long as we can remember them, our families will always be with us.

Knowledge is easy to come by. Understanding what you know takes much longer.