2004-09-23 and it was 9:16 p.m. when I wrote this:
So it's now the end of the film festival. I have learned a lot and was grateful that those who showed up did.
There is something inside of me so heartfelt for my people. Everything I do isn't for me or for money....it's simply because I want to help, I want to love, I want to see restoration and I want to see people be who they truly are as they were created to be....not bound by opinions of others or boundaries of others...or by societies norms. There is a drum beat uniquely our own. Some of us have beauty....some have great skill...some have great voices for singing and speaking...some have it all. But with these things comes a responsibility and those whose heart isn't there ....their talent can be taken up by another even if they already have many.
I am beautiful, I am talented, I am knowledgeble and always learning, I have discernment, I have a good heart, I have dreams, I have the dance, I have the honor of knowing those who came before me in spirit because I open my heart to hear.
I have been through storms, I have experienced loss....loss of people who were really good....but everything happens for a reason. I have been through heartache, disappoint, anxiety, doubt, fear, embarrassment of who I was, I have been through rejection.....but through it all I am still here holding on to the dreams my creator gave to me. Things that are solely between me and him. I thank him that I was born of this beautiful race. The women are beautiful, the children are precious, the babies are oh so cute, the men are oh so handsome and loving. I am who I am because the Creator knew I would be happy this way. To be part of nations and to be indigenous.
