Healing Through Nature:
Embracing Resilience and Connection

When the fire burns at the end of our gathering, it too asks for reciprocity. We feed it wood, and it gives us warmth. We bring it prayers, and it returns clarity. We are in constant relationship. This is how the ancestors lived, and it is how we are called to live as well. In remembering them, we remember the sacred act of giving and receiving... and the responsibility to keep that balance alive.

To become ancestors ourselves means to leave behind not just stories of survival but also stories of tenderness. Resilience can look like refusing to harden. It can mean choosing kindness in a world that often rewards hardness.