Melanie Paul

Sue Valley

The reason I chose this photo is because it reminds me of the lost Indigenous women, one where she is on a dark path, on the dark path it is cold and there may not be light at her end. Until she meets someone who can help her, the one who tells her to look into the horizon of the sunset, because there is someone standing there, willing to lead her to her natural path. On a natural innate path that will show her that there is a meaningful purpose to life to bring her back to her belief in her own traditions, her mother tongue, once on the path, she just cannot walk away. Before they told her the natural values of Life she had to pay it forward with no money involved, what she had to do is help others and they would have to do the same to continue to help others find their paths, next thing you know it blossoms to be the generous cycle of a naturing Indigenous woman. Then it turns to the next generation. As it's going from generations to generations of so many stories of how people can help other people who have or still on the dark path and need help. Even if they don't want help, there are other ways to help them,by helping them don't just give up on what they need, and what I mean when I say that is don't give them money or anything that involves their past addictive toxic behaviors.. Once you let them get away with enabling them, they are going to go back on the dark path and the further they go, the longer it will take for them to heal and the longer it takes, and the harder it is.