Today's Journal
THE BUSINESS OF LIFE
Joyce Sequichie Hifler, (age 100) Oklahoma Cherokee author wrote:“Honeybees that relied on early flowers in the garden can now feast all across the meadows. Red clover, honey locust trees, and rose-colored Indian paintbrush abound in clusters to feed the bees and give peace to the eye. An evening chorus of field sparrows trills in the wheat field and a nesting killdeer demands privacy by doing her broken-wing act to sidetrack walkers. The whole meadow teems with activity until dusk… then a silence pervades, only to be broken by the throaty voice of a tree toad. It is common knowledge among the Cherokee that every animal, except man, knows the business of life is to enjoy it, and he, the Cherokee, sides with nature.
‘Seed time is here but your grounds have not been prepared for planting. Go back and plant the summer’s crop.’ Keokuk (1780-1848) Sac and Fox chief.
“The thief’s purpose is to steal, kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.” Jesus