A Word -- Ayaangwaamiziwin

A Word

by James Vukelich

AYAANGWAAMIZIWIN

Awareness

Caution

Care

Caution: not from fear, but awareness of how my actions affect those around me, my environment, and those who will follow me.

Caution: my actions are a mirror of my being.

Care: Living in relationship with all my relatives, all of creation

Awareness: mindfulness of our shared occupation of and responsibility to the sacred space, each other and all of creation