Legend of the Mountains of East Tennessee ..

It is always with wonder ..
A sense of Reverence for the elders too ..

That I come across some plaque ..
Some Monument ..
That has the words of these Honored elders ..

SOMETHING quite .. profound in a ways ..

These are the words straight out of
"The Chattanooga Country"

and this is the story of the Local Geology
from Cherokee traditional lore ..

"At first the Earth was FLAT and very soft and wet. The animals were anxious to get down (from above in Galunlati, beyond the arch) and sent out different birds to see if it was yet dry, but they found no place to alight and came back again to Galunlati. At last, it seemed to be time, and they sent out the Great Buzzard, the father of all the buzzards we see now. He flew all over the earth, low down near the ground, and it was still soft.
When he reached the Cherokee country, he was very tired, and his wings began to flap and strike the ground, and wherever they struck the Earth there was a valley, and where they turned up again there was a mountain.
When the animals up above saw this, they were afraid that the whole world would be mountains, so they called him back,
but the Cherokee country remains full of mountains to this day"


Each time I go walking upon this Earth .. each location I truly stop at .. wonder, rest at .. or enjoy ..
EACH has its own special beauty ..
a place to reflect upon the wonder of NATURE (Earth) ..
and to remember .. proud ancestors ..
That shared the same walk .. we are on.

(for we all have a common-ness, a shared heritage .. in that we are HUMANS walking upon the Earth for a span of time)


PLEASE feel free to add your thoughts below ..