Foundations

I found this poem on another's site admiring his art rock work (www.gravityglue.com), and for some reason, this of the several he has on his website truly grabbed my attention.

Foundations

"In many shamanic societies, if you came to a shaman or medicine person complaining of being disheartened  dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four question. 

-When did you stop dancing? 

-When did you stop singing? 

-When did you stop being enchanted by stories? 

-When did you stop finding comfort in the sweet territory of silence? 

Where we have stopped dancing, singing  being enchanted by stories, or finding comfort in silence is where we have experienced the loss of soul. 

Dancing, singing, storytelling, and silence are the four universal healing salves."

~Gabrielle Roth