Welcome to another beautiful day in paradise.

Look with the eyes of your soul and see the beauty in others and you will see you are in paradise.

Today is Indigenous People’s Day. In some places it is official, in others it is unofficial. It is time to give respect and honor to those who were here before we and our ancestors were. It is time for atonement, i.e. to be at-one-ment with them. There is great wisdom they would share with us in their culture, traditions, practices and spirituality.

Look them up, do some research. Learning more about people makes them more real to us and allows us to understand them and respect them. We might even learn something from them.

I offer this to you:

 Apache Blessing

I invite you to consider these precepts, these actions to live by, and ask yourself what would our world be like if we all lived by these?

Treat the Earth and all that dwell therein with respect

Remain close to the Great Spirit

Show great respect for your fellow beings

Work together for the benefit of all

Give assistance and kindness wherever needed

Do what you know is right

Look after the well-being of Mind and Body

Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater Good

Be truthful and honest at all times

Take full responsibility for your actions

Oh, by the way, these are a gift from our indigenous sisters and brothers. These are the Native American Ten Commandments.

And as our Oglala Lakota friend and brother John Two Hawks says . . .