though it's hard to express without letting my emotions overwhelm me, when we look into the antecedent cultures of native americans, we find an incredible richness guided by tacit understanding, one that didn't always need words to communicate respect and connection to the earth. their disaffirmation of assuming superiority over nature, instead of living as a part of it, provides such valuable guidance for us today. to genuinely honor their wisdom, perhaps it's time we take up from scratch the lessons they've been teaching, learning to cherish our world as they have, through actions that speak louder than words, even if such a commitment is silently understood.