vitu ambavyo ni vigumu sana kutoa, kwamba unapokea sawa na mara nne ya chochote ulichotoa.
Zoezi rahisi ambalo mama yangu alinifundisha lilikuwa: “Kiasi chochote unachofanyia kazi, weka kiasi kidogo, cha kutosha kuweka chakula mezani, cha kutosha kukufanya urudi na kurudi kazini, na utoe kiasi kingine chochote.” Hakikisha unaendelea kufanya hivyo kila mwaka, na hutahangaika kamwe kutafuta kazi. Na sijawahi. Ninafanya hivi kila mwaka wa maisha yangu, wakati wote. Ninawapa watu wangu, watu wangu, wageni; kila kitu ninachofanya ni kwa njia hii ya kuishi akilini. Hili ni jambo linalohitajika kwa jinsi tunavyofanya mambo katika ulimwengu wa leo. Na hili ni jambo ambalo linahitaji kueleweka kwa undani katika ngazi ya kibinafsi.
Inakuja kwa kila mtu kujumuisha dhana hii na kuifanyia mazoezi bila kuacha. Inakuja kwa kila mtu kuwa mwanadamu kwa njia hii.
Ni matumaini yangu kwamba katika kushiriki mawazo haya, ninashiriki na kila mmoja wenu sehemu ya zawadi ambayo nilipewa kupitia jumuiya, familia, na ardhi ninayotoka. Ningependa kutoa shukrani zangu kwa wale ambao mawazo, kazi, na rasilimali zilitolewa kwa wazo la uchumi wa zawadi.
Jeannette Armstrong ni Syilx (Okanagan) kutoka Penticton, British Columbia, Kanada na ni mkurugenzi wa Kituo cha En'owkin kinachojitolea kwa ajili ya ufufuaji wa Lugha na Utamaduni wa Syilx.
Zoezi rahisi ambalo mama yangu alinifundisha lilikuwa: “Kiasi chochote unachofanyia kazi, weka kiasi kidogo, cha kutosha kuweka chakula mezani, cha kutosha kukufanya urudi na kurudi kazini, na utoe kiasi kingine chochote.” Hakikisha unaendelea kufanya hivyo kila mwaka, na hutahangaika kamwe kutafuta kazi. Na sijawahi. Ninafanya hivi kila mwaka wa maisha yangu, wakati wote. Ninawapa watu wangu, watu wangu, wageni; kila kitu ninachofanya ni kwa njia hii ya kuishi akilini. Hili ni jambo linalohitajika kwa jinsi tunavyofanya mambo katika ulimwengu wa leo. Na hili ni jambo ambalo linahitaji kueleweka kwa undani katika ngazi ya kibinafsi.
Inakuja kwa kila mtu kujumuisha dhana hii na kuifanyia mazoezi bila kuacha. Inakuja kwa kila mtu kuwa mwanadamu kwa njia hii.
Ni matumaini yangu kwamba katika kushiriki mawazo haya, ninashiriki na kila mmoja wenu sehemu ya zawadi ambayo nilipewa kupitia jumuiya, familia, na ardhi ninayotoka. Ningependa kutoa shukrani zangu kwa wale ambao mawazo, kazi, na rasilimali zilitolewa kwa wazo la uchumi wa zawadi.
Jeannette Armstrong ni Syilx (Okanagan) kutoka Penticton, British Columbia, Kanada na ni mkurugenzi wa Kituo cha En'owkin kinachojitolea kwa ajili ya ufufuaji wa Lugha na Utamaduni wa Syilx.
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I look forward to continuing to learn about this rich culture. Great read.
Covid-19 has shown that we are all connected and we are all sailing in the same boat. "What Indigenous means to me is that everything that exists on the Earth is interdependent, an interdependence that must be understood. As an Indigenous person, I must have knowledge about it and I must be able to cooperate with all the other living things on the planet, on this land, so as not to make any one of them extinct or remove any one of them for my own need. In other words, to cooperate and to collaborate with every living thing so that they can live and I can live at the same level of health" - Jeannette Armstrong
My culture is historically oral as well, being descended from ancient Irish and then later Lakota people. To talk story face to face and especially intimately one to one is healing to one another and the world too. }:- a.m.
this brought forth tears. what a lovely and powerful way with words she has! my heart longs. so much to imbibe about how words shape thought - maleness and femaleness, swallower of giving, what 'elder' means ... so much gratitude.