Kendrick Ledet

“I learned the lesson of acceptance. The spiritual power entrusted in me was more important than the person trying to take the power away from me. I learned something about the lesson of the opposites, and was able to look at things both ways and in the third person. The Elder said, as I returned that evening, “It is time for all of us to evolve to a higher level of understanding about these things, in a spiritual way. Find ways to understand the fears that others face. They wear a mask, you don’t have to, unless you have something to hide.”
― J.T. Garrett, Medicine of the Cherokee: The Way of Right Relationship

“Deep in the meadow, under the willow A bed of grass, a soft green pillow Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes And when again they open, the sun will rise.   Here it’s safe, here it’s warm Here the daisies guard you from every harm Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true Here is the place where I love you.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“My mother, Ruth Rogers Garrett, taught me many Cherokee stories. She taught through example to be a helper to everyone you ever meet. She taught me that everyone is special in this life, that love has no boundaries, and that boundaries cannot be set on love.”
― J.T. Garrett, Medicine of the Cherokee: The Way of Right Relationship

“My first lessons were to respect all life, protect Mother Earth, and nurture the plants and herbs. I look whenever I go home to the Reservation to see if comfrey, fennel, catnip, rosemary, and many of the plants that we care for are still growing in the backyard. Sure enough, they are always there, reminding me that life does go on.”
― J.T. Garrett, Medicine of the Cherokee: The Way of Right Relationship