There are people among us who have long memories.

Ted Herrera

Walking in our Sacred Land.           The morning is cool from last night’s rain.   Everything is lush green and smells clean.   I start walking and praying.   There are Cinco Venados standing in a nearby clearing, they stay in place and watch me as I walk past them.   I thank them for sharing their grace with me.   The pain from my broken knees starts to ease up as I walk further along the path that my ancestors walked, I am now surrounded by our sacred medicine.   I take a turn on the path and now I am facing east, I look up thru the Mesquite trees and I see a beautiful Cielo Azul as a Red Tail Hawk flies across it, and now I hear our Ancestors singing Palabras de Dios into my ears straight into my heart.   My senses are overloaded by so much beauty; all I can do is CRY.   This is why I believe Creator did not give our people the “Word” so that we can learn how to love; Creator gave our people "Heart" so that we could feel love.   Ted Herrera Tlaxcalteca, Coahuilteco, Huichol