A Lakota View on Our Basic Goodness

"Goodness is the natural state of this world. The world is good! Even when it seems evil, it's good. There's only goodness in God - in Wakan Tanka, The Great Mystery. And that same goodness is in us all. You can feel it in yourself. You know when you feel good inside. Yes, you're God's child, too. You are good. You are sacred. Respect yourself. Love the goodness in yourself. Then, put that goodness into the world. That's everybody's instructions. Everyone is sacred. You're sacred and I'm sacred. Every time you blink your eye, or I blink my eye, God blinks His eye. God sees through your eyes and my eyes. We are sacred."

Matthew King / Noble Red Man
Lakota Elder

Photo: Wild Rose leaves and cascade on Cow Creek, Bridal Veil Falls Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, October 10, 2015
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