In the beginning we were given our Instructions of how to live. So that's been handed down from generations to generations until now. "This is how to live". We were told to be good to one another. Respect one another. Take care of each other, as well as ourself. These are some of our Instructions. As long as we do what we're supposed to do, these are the basic important things, then we have no problems. Once we start hating our neighbor and start stealing from our neighbor and start lying to them and not growing our food but depending on somebody else to grow the food, that's when we unbalance ourself. That's what the legends, our stories tell us. Vickie Downey (Tewa-Tesuque Pueblo) 1993 |