It is time

It is time to speak your truth.

Create your community,
be good to each other.

Do not look outside yourself for a leader.

There is a river flowing now very fast,

it is so great and swift.

That there are those who will be afraid,
they will try to hold onto the shore.

They will feel they are being pulled apart,
and will suffer greatly.

Understand that the river knows its’ destination,
the elders say we must let go of the shore.

Push off into the middle of the river,
keep our eyes open and our heads above water.

Hopi Elders

Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island