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March 27, 2007
Your Allies On Life's Journey
Finding Your Tribe
Part of being human is the search for an individual identity. Bound to this strong need to establish a unique persona, however, is an equally intense desire for acceptance. It is when we find our individual tribes that both are satisfied. Our tribe members are those people who accept us as we are without reservation and gladly accompany us on our journeys of evolution. Among them, we feel free to be our imperfect selves, to engage unabashedly in the activities we enjoy, and to express our vulnerabilities by relying on our tribe for support. We feel comfortable investing our time and energy in the members of our tribe, and are equally comfortable allowing them to invest their resources in our development.

The individuals who eventually become members of your unique tribe are out there in the wide world waiting for you. You are destined to find them, one by one, as you move through life. Sometimes your own efforts will put you in contact with your future tribe members. At other times, circumstances beyond your control will play a role in helping you connect with your tribe. If you look about you and discover that you are already allied with a wonderful and supportive tribe, remember that there are likely many members of your tribe you have not yet met. On the other hand, if you feel you are still living outside of your tribe, broadening your horizons can help you find your tribe members.

However your life develops after you come together with your tribe, you can be assured that its members will stand at your side. On the surface, your tribe may seem to be nothing more than a loose-knit group of friends and acquaintances to whom you ally yourself. Yet when you look deeper, you will discover that your tribe grounds you and provides you with a sense of community that ultimately fulfills many of your most basic human needs. http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2007/7620.html

[nuveem7070]

Hmm.....well that just says a mouthfull now doesn't it? They've all seen my imperfect self!

[GalasaKoll]

Thanks for passing this on, Connie!

[lh88gFzI]

Seriously, this not only captures what it meant to the American Indian to be part of a tribe, and how important his tribe was to him, but it also explains very well why we all feel the same way about Tribal! Is there ANYWHERE else where we are each so accepted for who we are, but virtually everyone? I think not.

[Plokiikmol]

Absolutely beautiful! I am so glad I've found you people.

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[Plulpangepler]

[scewDeasp]

Thanks for sharring, Connie.

[Casyimipist]

Yes... this is a great tribe. Thank you Connie!

Hermano Luis

[loyalgagora]

Makes me wonder how many people who would become our kin that we have yet to meet.

[EspanaCamsInfo]

A stranger is just a friend I haven't yet met ~ Will Rogers

I never met a man I didn't like ~ Will Rogers

Incidentally, Will Rogers is in the Cherokee 'hall of fame'...if he wasn't full blooded Cherokee, he was awful close to it.

[mypharmalife]

Isn't it strange that of all the tribes indigenous to North America, most called themselves "the People or Human Beings?"

[errolurberozy]

anishinaabe(sp?), the real people, its understandable

[Sierabiera]

I am an honorary member of the "Fugarwe Tribe"...


Roger "Doc".

[_tppga_]

Well said.
Thank you

[actrisski]

I recently received an interesting DVD. It refutes the Mormon's claim that the Native American Peoples of the North, Central and South American Continant are from a Tribe of Israel that sailed to the America's. They are called the Laminites in The Book of Mormon. The DVD shows how scientists used DNA to refute this claim. It showed how the Native Peoples mostly migrated across the Berring Strait Land Mass from Asia and Siberia... The DVD also showed how no reputable evidence can be linked to the purported cities etc mentioned can be found archeologically...


Roger "Doc".

[rhiniddibiarmr]

This is beautiful and so true. Members of my tribal family are always entering my path. And I love them all, in their unique and beautiful ways.

[flueftArete]

I recently received an interesting DVD. It refutes the Mormon's claim that the Native American Peoples of the North, Central and South American Continant are from a Tribe of Israel that sailed to the America's. ...
Roger "Doc".

Have you ever read the Book of Mormon? There's a lot of really weird stuff in there. Personally, I think Joe Smith was out in the sun a little too long.

[giDdfezP]

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
Leo Buscaglia

"Kindness in words creates confidence, kindness in thinking creates profoundness, kindness in feeling creates love."
Lao-Tzu

"Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations."
Paramahansa Yogananda

[robinthesearchmasterh]

One world, One Tribe. Could we this tribal family be the start of something bigger and better? I would love to think so. Where else can I go and just be myself without someone expecting me to be something or someone I am not.