For grandmother Catherine,
On
Monday, 12 March 2012
has
passed away from us
Catherine
Attla
,
storyteller from the
KoyukonAthabascans
.
This news has deeply touched me
.
Her lessons
will live on in many hearts..I am grateful that I have known her and
for her wisdom
that I have received
.
The lesson
I
learn
now
is that you always
must be
vigilant
in
life
..
before you know
you
wander
off
,
you wander
off the path that your soul wants to follow. And then you
miss precious moments.
If I
had listened to
my dreams
.. to
what I
felt and saw
... then
I had more time spend
with
Grandma
Catherine
.
Then
I had
made other choices. Now I
cannot change something about
this but what I can do is accept this lesson.Daily we
make small steps... andespecially those small steps are so important..Make
them aware..every time...questionable whether these mall steps, the
littledecisions you make daily to match the path that you want
to follow...whether they fit with what you truly want to be.. and when you feel
resistance..ask yourself why ...and listen to it ...the way to the goal,is just as important as the goal itself.
I will
continue
my
path
...
more
conscious, with more
and
more attention.
I remember the
last words of
Catherine
very well
...
'' I
love you
''
... that is what she said
when I was leaving Alaska...beautiful last words to remember..Her medicine
-bag
that I received and I often wear gives me strength. And that
angel that she gave me as protection.........that angel is Catherine…..
Here are 2
links
for
those who
want to know more
and
hear
from Catherine
Attla
.
http://jukebox.uaf.edu/RavenStory/htm/ca.htm
http://talkingalaska.blogspot.com/2012/03/catherine-attla.html
A song
that remembers me about Catherine and her lessons is ‘’WELCOME’’ from Phill
Collins…
I will miss you
but I know that you are in my heart always with me..
love
Teekkona