tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648288312525243173.post7825418142127040373..comments2024-03-19T06:43:57.077+00:00Comments on Words on a Page: The past is never dead. It's not even the past.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648288312525243173.post-43205148571948622302010-03-20T14:56:54.713+00:002010-03-20T14:56:54.713+00:00I really like that idea. Every time someone tugs ...I really like that idea. Every time someone tugs on the band, it affects the grip of everyone else holding on. I do think we are all connected -all people, all events, all time. We're part of the same great big puzzle. I think that part of the difficulties we face today is that we cherish our individual identity so much that we forget that everything we do affects other people.Loree Westronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02664030727905231847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1648288312525243173.post-30745955540019698532010-03-20T12:39:02.619+00:002010-03-20T12:39:02.619+00:00One of my own favorite quotes. And, from a Native...One of my own favorite quotes. And, from a Native American perspective, entirely appropriate. In the NA worldview, "time" is simply a returnative concept--sort of along the lines of a flexible band that is tugged on by every participant in human life, living, dead, or not yet living, and so is maleable and changeable.It can also be seen as merely a Western concept that doesn't really reflect Indian ways of thinking.Connie NC/AZnoreply@blogger.com