Bringing About Change - Part 1 - by Bill Neal

First of all I would like to quote from the White Bison Wellbriety Movement training manual for recovery coaches. It concerns Prophecies.
"These are stories disclosed by the Elders when it was time. The Elders have told us we are now in a new time - a time of change - a new Springtime of life - a coming-together time. For a long time the people have been sleeping. We have given up and are living life without hope. We have put up with disharmony and confusion. We are either sleeping as a people or are in denial.
"There are certain gifted people in every community or tribe that have special gifts given to them by the Creator. This gift is insight. These people are able to see beyond delusion or denial. They know the people are asleep. They are able to see solutions to problems. They are able to see vision where there is no vision.
"Often these people seem to be irritants or troublemakers. These people are the Coyote Clan People. What do coyotes do? They yip a lot. If you try to go to sleep or you are sleeping the coyote's yip will wake you up. Coyote Clan People are willing to be radical, in a good way. Coyote Clan People are willing to speak the truth. Coyote Clan People will not conform to injustice. They insist on justice. Coyote Clan People are persistent. They are tenacious. Coyotes know that every set-back is only temporary. Coyote Clan People are change agents. Coyote Clan People fight for change.
"You will never see a Coyote Clan person who fights for him or herself. They always fight for the people. They are "cause people". Coyote Clan People are very valuable to a community or organization that wants to heal. The Coyote Clan People help create new ideas and new visions. They energize people and create followers who will help do the work. Coyotes are energizers.
"Now is the time for coyote to be active. We are in the beginning of the change. Coyotes must wake up and help the people.
"The Elders tell us that the Great Spirit has selected thousands of healers from all walks of life, all ages, all colors, and all four directions. These chosen healers will be given gifts that the human being has not used before. These gifts are the new life force that will be used by the healers. They will cause the people to "come alive". As the people "come alive", they will be willing to sit in circles they were unwilling to sit in before. Different races will sit in the same circle, different tribes will come together and people will want to form communities. Traditional values will return. We will search for a simple life and families will heal. We will start to respect the Mother Earth in a sacred way, our hearts will be changed and forgiveness will start to take place."
This is all quotation from the White Bison Wellbriety Movement training manual for recovery coaches. These words are for all of us. Take them to heart - make them part of your being. Go out and tell others to come sit in the circle.
Coyotes! We are calling you to come to the circle!
Bringing About Change - Part 2 is coming up.
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