Wasi'chu Smart, But Not Wise
"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." ~ Naguib Mahfouz Image source: https://sacompassion.net/crabs-in-the-bucket/ When facing personal history, family history, etc, we tend to back up into our corner of experience and understanding and scratch out the eyes of any new idea that might come along. I heard 3rd-hand of a Native gentleman who said, 'We Indians are not like the crabs in a bucket who climb on top of one another to let that one crab escape. Nope, we all gang up and pull that one crab back down.' That's not just a Native American reservation thing. No matter the culture or color, we all can do that. We don't understand that "uppidy" individual that spends time with people outside their own peer group. We judge and gossip and try to drag that 'arrogant' and 'errant' one back down to where they 'belong.' We let our envy blind us to their - a