Chief Seattle makes many interesting points about life and the nature around us. I admire the way he can talk about the land beneath his feet, and the fact that his ancestors, and their ancestors have all walked and lived, struggled and thrived, on that very same land. The oneness with a place that has such meaning to it is very powerful to me, like the connection to where Jesus was born, or where Muhammad rose to heaven or traveled to mecca.
Modern society has lost touch with the idea that there is any meaning to the lives before us. People are seldom remembered vividly or actively throughout the lives of their grandchildren, and never in their grandchildren's children. It is sad that while we learn of major events of the past which we call history, we have no sense of our own histories and our own pasts. We know what is deemed necessary to know by the rest of the world or country, and no longer put much, if any at all, importance on knowing who we are and who and where we come from.
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I like how you said “we have no sense of our own histories and our own pasts.” It is sad that many of us don’t know or appreciate our personal history. I know in my family the stories only went back 1 or 2 generations like they were trying to forget our family tree and start a new one. It kind of gives you a “lost” feeling.
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