Nyxks Musings

Month: January 2020

  • Native American Wisdom – Delaware

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    Good and evil cannot dwell together in the same heart, so a good man ought not to go into evil company. When you begin a great work you can’t expect to finish it all at once; therefore do you and your brothers press on, and let nothing discourage you until you have entirely finished what…

  • Native American Wisdom – Cree

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    We are afraid if we part with any more of our lands the white people will not let us keep as much as will be sufficient to bury our dead. – Doublehead, Creek Chief

  • Question of the Day

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    What life lesson did you learn the hard way? There are a few life lessons that I have learned over the years, one was that just because others tell me it is my fault doesn’t always mean that is the case (majority doesn’t always rule). Another is that everyone has their own Ability and that…

  • Native American Wisdom – Cree

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    Never sit while your elders stand. The white man who is our agent is so stingy that he carries a linen rag in his pocket into which to blow his nose, for fear he might blow away something of value. – Piapot, Cree Chief

  • Question of the Day

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    What gets you excited about life? Right now, nothing that I can think of off time top of my head as things currently are. But that being said, I have many things to live for such as for my Husband (Norman), my Dad and for those who I call friend, plus our Pups (Payton and…

  • Native American Wisdom – Comanche

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    I was born upon the prairie where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures and where everything drew a free breath. I want to die there, and not within walls. – Ten Bears, Yamparika Comanche