<font color="blue">Can we change another?
No one can change anyone but himself.
We must wait for others to do the same.

Waiting tests our mettle.
Waiting tests our grit and faith,
and anything else we have on the line.

We activate every nerve in us to move-
to do something---
and then we wait.

If we wait a little longer
with patience and endurance
we will know what to do.

During this waiting period
we can stir up the gifts that are within us,
encourage ourselves to be strong and calm,
to find a calm center midst all the
whirling that surrounds us.

When we wait with u li he li s di (Cherokee) -joy-
it connects us to the right things
puts us in a good place,
the right place to receive.

Joy is not of the emotions,
but of spirit.
It can bubble up and grow
in our weakest moments.

Peace.