Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Running With the Pack


A wolf is only as strong as it's pack, and the pack is only as strong the wolves that make it up.


Being a part of is one of the strongest desires of living creators, especially human beings.    We all live in a context.  Our family and the traditions we grew up with helped to shape our minds, our experiences, and to some extent our spiritual reality. 

Whether or not we had a warm den to take refuge in from the bitter cold world shaped our impressions of life.  Meaning and purpose in one's life is often shaped by family traditions and childhood experiences. A wolf pup being raised in a pack learns to share, to lean on others and to be strong for the pack. Can a wolf pup survive in the wild alone?


A wolf pack travels together, fiercely loyal and collectively strong.  A lone wolf, separated from the pack, holds the memory of such experiences in her heart and can evoke that strength and support in times of need.  When a wolf howls in the dark of night, is she calling to her pack?  Is she saying; "I am alive!"?  Or is it a howl of yearning to return to the warmth and comfort of the pack?

A marriage needs a warm den in which to take refuge from the cold world. 

Am I creating a warm den for my pack? 

Am I working within the limits and strength of the pack, or am acting like a lone wolf? 

When I howl into the darkness, what is my message?

What is your message?


Perseverence (leaf 2443)
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Sunday, September 27, 2009

First Pass

This is the very first day of A Talking Stick blog that my husband James and I are dedicating ourselves to for an entire year.

In many indigenous cultures worldwide, a talking stick is a tool used in ceremony or ritual as a spiritual diving rod for a person's own truth. It empowers one to dive deeply into their own inner world and discover that small still voice that is often buried under layers of social conditioning.

Our commitment to this blog and to one another is to speak our truth, individually and collectively. As with a talking stick, the tradition inspires the holder of the stick to speak in "truth tongue". In a marriage, or in life, one's ability to speak the truth will determine the course of one's life.

Are you speaking in "truth tongue" in your life?


A Talking Stick 
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