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Butterfly Symbolism — Butterfly Meaning and Spiritual Messages ...

Touching a butterfly, especially its wings, is generally discouraged because it can damage the delicate scales that help it fly and protect it from predators. While not always fatal, it can shorten the butterfly's lifespan. From a symbolic standpoint, butterflies represent transformation, joy, and new beginnings, and their presence is often seen as a positive omen.

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“To Touch A Butterfly”

Its hard to touch a butterfly

Unless you are privy to its habitatat

Or cared for greatly

Butterflies don’t light haphazardly as does the fly

No, butterflies land purposefully all the days of their lives

To touch a butterfly, grace & diligence should be at the forefront of your mind

Cause haste and hate are a thin disguise to butterflies who spend their time flying high

The lesson I learned from butterflies…

It takes strength to grow from the caterpillar stage, before you gain your wings & fly!

I don’t worry about whose leading me from the front or pursuing me from behind

I keep my focus on who motivates me on the inside, and who is at my side

Wherever there are healers, there are protectors & wherever there are protectors there are healers

Hand in Hand

Side by Side

Heart beats remind me of the soft, yet persistent beating of butterfly wings that never grow tired. 🙌🏼

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#thesoulofabutterfly #sovreignity #another5minutesright? #write

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I always find respite deep beneath the cover of the woods surrounded by a canopy of green

My roots run deep upon this land, there is never separation between the roots that connect me to this land

My ancestors worked it with their bare and hopeful hands, they are gone, but here I stand

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Too cute 🥰

I wouldn’t say that it’s complicated, its more like, their relationship is complex. 🙌🏼

#thesekittieshavetheiownlovelangauge

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Whew! When its been a while…

Oftentimes life comes down to precious moments, this past week wasn’t any different.

A classmate of mine I knew in high school passed away last week. She wasn’t just any high school classmate. She also became a part of my life, for life.

One weekend in high school she came home with me. We were having a celebration so my mom allowed me to have one friend to sleepover, the next weekend I could spend at her house.

Her uncle, ended up being there, we met, dated and eventually had children ( he was our age, he was the youngest kid of her grandmas, so he was the younger cool uncle)

Looking back I realized the power of ONE once again.

One person, one chance meeting, one sleep over that turned into another one, one connection that grew, one friendship that grew into many other friendships, allowed me to have the beautiful children that I have now, and for all of the descendants to come, I’m grateful that one person lead me to the life I cherish now. Her family became a part of my family & vice versa.

I am grateful for the impact this one person had on my life. Its been hard over the past week and a half to find 5 minutes to do anything especially write but I remember that moment, being two teenaged girls, laughing at everything, and long talks about life.

Everything connects, 5 minutes ago, 5 minutes from now, and what you do for 5 minutes in this present moment. Great friends are hard to come by, she will be missed and remembered by all of her family and friends. Whew! It’s truly been a while, since I’ve cherished every moment.

Right now, I’m so grateful for the 5 minutes here and there that add up to a lifetime of NOWs. #remembering #troubledontlastalways #everymomentcounts

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Once the seeds take root, they remain unseen

And for every tree there is a highway hidden underground connecting deeply, resonating truth

Beneath the soil there is strength, a tree that bares fruit is only as strong, viable, and productive as its roots

#ancestralmath #roots #deeplyrooted

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Love Always Wins!

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Hold up wait minute…

Yawl better give that praise while its hot!

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We are defined by the moments that we seize:

An ember in the ashes still burns, and is not easily quenched…

Fire, like desire, can rage or simmer

Depending on the intesity

One small ember is gentle enough to keep you warm or either strong enough to burn down entire cities

We carry centuries of knowledge in our bones of hope and precious memories

What many see as fate or destiny is merely old souls, living the greatest story every told encapsulated in an ember

“Let That Sync In” #fromtheashes #glow #embers #another5minutewrite

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Cloudy with a chance of rain…

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🌧️ ⚡️ 🌧️

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Another rainy night, another 5 minute write, another thought before my head rests on the pillow and a kiss goodnight

What dreams may come, I do embrace, may my fantasies never fade and whither like a streak of lighting…

His touch calms the fury of the storm, allowing my frame to be reborn, into a more passionate state of simple, yet not so subtle complexities

Two uietly raging storms, loss in each other’s arms as the steam from the sheets creates another world in which two extremes meet and nothing else exists except the anticipation of a kiss

No, not just any kiss, not one that engages the lips, but rather a soul kiss, shared between the bodies of two lovers

Why focus on reality when we’d much rather be in a magical realm where words are medicine for every malady?

A place where touch, transforms everything in its path, igniting flames, that burn down walls, leaving puddles as the testimony of the ways we’ve weathered passion’s storm,

Both of us knowing that we are better for it because the power of the crackling lightning causes shivers that ripple like a heated river of pleasure as it pours how it wants, like steady rainwater, trickling and teasing coaxing dry places to open and receive blessings from on high.

I ♥️ love a rainy night…

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Just like that! ❤️

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“Heritage & Culture”

Unity is a constant and present theme in all nations of people, symbols remind us and inspire us, yet also teach us.

Braids, another powerful indigenous concept, valued in many cultures around the world.

Grateful, for my great-grandmother’s love, wisdom, determination, healing gifts and for always encouraging my family.

When I was a child, she used to braid seashells in my hair, and tell me old stories, overlapping them with the new, connecting me to everything she knew, weaving each piece together.

Each carefully braided strand brought together neatly, woven together nicely.

I didn’t understand the symbolism or the message of that simple act, but I know now .

Her actions spoke volumes, her hands creative, and filled with love and so much skill also welded purpose & healing within her grasp.

The circle of her warm embrace and her wisdom, has never faded from my memory.

One of the most important things I learned from her was how to sit, still, listening patiently as the spirit endows you and strengthens you in your gifts.

I ❤️ My Granny! She was one of the originals.❤️

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“Circle of Elders”

As my great- grandmother used to say:

“Our medicine is not their medicine, and our ways are not their ways”

The medicine wheel speaks within the circle

HEAL

For their is medicine with in the wheal

Circles are not walls to keep others out but to keep what is sacred within.

Love can be found in the circle, so can wisdom, and healing.

Equally inside a circle?

Yes it is also there

Purpose & Protection yes it too can be found within the circle

Life is Like a Circle, that is my truth…

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My 5: 7 days, 5 minutes

Been a little busy but managed to take some time over the last 3 days to reflect and most importantly write.

Lift every voice and sing, not just a song, but a song from the heart. That isn’t about an aspect of music, but rather a soul song sung from the spirit.

Flags from several Native American Tribes

Monument for Native American Veterans

The fight has always been different

Long after bows & arrows and the guns have lost their power, and are laid to rest, and promises broken, indigenous people rose to fight for this country , not just from a sense of sovereignty, but from birthright , and a responsibility to protect the sacred spirit of the people but also the land.

The land, the people the culture, combined, have a powerful silence, but has an even more powerful voice.

History tells it one way, the ancestors, tell it another, History never needed to be spoken to notice that it was broken.

As a soul descended from many peoples and civilizations across the globe, I’ve come to realize that its the stories told, and untold that make humanity whole. Stories, are not just tales from the days of old, nor its power granted solely to those in the future. All those elements are connected, they accumulate in this precious moment we call NOW!

Who told us us that we had to be seperate?

Who taught us that division & separation is they way?

Who made us believe that this world was created to be, bought, owned, and sold?

Who convinced us that the colors of our skin, or the foreignness of our tongues mattered more than the contents of our hearts, and the beauty that comes from being KIND?

Asking who, leads us one step further…

The narrative shifts to why?

How did we get here, in the moment of now?

While sitting at the memorial site, listening to the bubbling of the water surrounding the beautiful fountain, the circle sitting on a strong base, reminded me of the symbolic nature of circles.

The circle represents so many things for many tribes, and many people. As I was listening to the song coming from the speakers around the display, the sounds of drums, and native voices showed me that I too, am a part of the circle.

We all are! As always, love to all of my ancestors as well I ‘m not just-looking back at you or looking forward to you, I am standing right here with you, we are the circle within a much greater CIRCLE.

Everything is connected, we are all one. #voicescarry #lifteveryvoiceandsing #thehighnotes ⭕️

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Gladstone changed into this glittering black dress for the Vanity Fair Oscars party. Quilled rosettes and blue mountain motifs accent the quillwork neckline. Courtesy of Gucci, Joe Big Mountain of Ironhorse Quillwork, and Lily Gladstone. Photo credit Doug Peters/PA Images via Getty Images.

This dress is beautiful, and one of my favorite items on display at the museum. The work on it shows dedication and the beauty of indigenous peoples.

Also on display:

Several other tribal pieces caught my eye