July 04, 2009
"That is not our way, to set yourself apart and talk about who you are and what you've done. You let your life speak for you. With the Mohawk people, wisdom is how you live and how you interpret what your mother and father, what your grandmothers and grandfathers have told you about this world - and then how you interpret that into the fact of living every day."
Tom Porter, MOHAWK
It is said, how you live your life makes so much noise that people can't hear what you are saying anyway. It is so easy to see people who do not walk the talk.
Creator, I ask you today to help me be humble. Let me spend the day listening. Help me to not brag or gossip. Help me today not to do those things that seek attention or approval from others. I am only accountable to You, Oh Great Spirit. You will tell me the things I need to know. Let me learn the lessons from my Elders. Let me teach the children by example. Today, let me walk the talk.
Meditation graciously provided by www.whiteBison.org
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Gentle Spirit Behavioral Health
Interventions, Treatment and Transitional Living for:
- ALCOHOL - DRUGS - GAMBLING and OTHER ADDICTIONS -
PHILOSOPHY OF GENTLE SPIRIT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
Gentle Spirit Behavioral Health (GSBH) believes that if you treat people with honesty and respect and help them feel safe and understood, they will be more willing to look at, face, and change the consequences of their behavior. We have learned through 30 year of experience that the disease of addiction not only cripples the addict, but it leads to total devastation of the family. We have also learned that because the disease of addiction is so encompassing that 30 days of treatment very rarely works. We believe that a long-term, low cost program is the most effective way to get clients clean and sober.
Gentle Spirit Behavioral Health offers a wide range of services to help you, a family member, friend or co-worker to shed the destructive influence of addictions. You can find information in the programs section on some of the services we offer. Watching someone suffering from addiction self destruct is extremely painful, especially since they do not understand the severity of their disease. Often they think they can handle the problem and arena’t aware of their impact on others. If you or someone you know has a problem, find out by using our online assessment.

