Manny's Most Recent Book is Finished! Congratulations, Bro! But Right Now He's Sharing Here...

I'm out here by the water. It's purrrdy cold. Relaxing. Got the book finished. Now it's time to live a little...

NO CAN DO

Those who want to define me, want to confine me. 

But I know where I come from and who I am. 

Hyphenations rule in their minds, not mine. 

Definitions are their way 

to lord over and control, 

so they think. 

Even my mind. My spirit. My soul. My heart. 

Their systems, religion, distorted history. 

Their indoctrinations, and precepts and laws. 

And education and entertainment. 

Their everything. Everything belongs to them. 

And they leave me naked to society and the world, Idenified by their definitions of who I am, 

and how I'm to be regarded as, 

nothing more than a shell of who I really am, 

of no consequence, of no value. 

Hyphenated with their blessings, 

to act the role they have created for me, to be. 

My response to all they have destroyed and continue to, is, 

Toma ! Itepo emouttiak bwe'ituk te Yoeme / Yaqui. 

I am proud to be Yaqui! 

But I owe no explanations. I don't need to justify. I don' need to ask for permission. 

I'm just responding to what's been forced upon me. For centuries. 

And like my ancestors before me, I live with their inheritance, the fire, of resistance. 

A ceremony. A song. A prayer. Cannot be extinguished. Cannot be denied. 

Paas into waata. 

Peace and love. 

Manny M.

I was just wondering how things would be all around, for everyone, if more time was devoted to self-examination, a moral inventory so to speak. To find where the humanity within is, measured against decency, respect, patience and love. What's inherent in human beings, but has eroded over generations. I fall short on a lot of things, but I try to change the unproductive, unhealthy, unspiritual things within me. Day by day. Growth is like a seed I planted and watered. Change is never easy, it doesn't happen overnight. For me it's been painful at times. I was afraid of the unknown. I took the challenge and it was worth it. Because now I have more respect for myself and life. And am more careful about how I walk in this world. A common man. Just my thoughts.

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Tu'i yokoria

Buenos dias

Good morning

Thank you Grandfather.

Brrrr Went out earlier and the clouds are forming for the rain to come. I grubbed down and I'll wait a while before I head out again.

A reminder to self : It is important to know WHO you are. It is also important to know WHO you are not.

Have a blessed day with much healing.

A'ho

I was just thinking, that next month twenty-eight years will be at my back, free of firewater. An impossibility it seemed at first.

I chose to break from a curse. Generations in the destruction of family members.

It doesn't mean anything to someone else. But it means to me, all things are possible.

Hope all is ok with you. If not, keep hope alive.

Manny Manolin Moreno