Dawned on me

Joe McGregor pictured center right with his siblings on the farm where he grew up. (Courtesy: Joe McGregor)

Story told by Joe McGregor

I always remember how it started. I was working, it was very shady during those summer days. And all of a sudden, it dawned on me, what I wanna be. I really didn’t know. 

Now, I knew that I wanted to do medicine for people. It was just a feeling to help somebody, somebody that needs it, you know?

My grandmother, her family, all knew medicines. So, I started too. After that, I started to go on my own.

One day, if you’re ever gonna go there, you’re gonna ask Creator. You’re gonna find a place where you can start to talk. It could be a hill. Or, it could be an anthill - but don’t let it go up your clothes. 

You’ll feel it. Maybe there’s a little stone there you can feel, or is it a tree that you find?

Here’s where I can talk to the tree. 

Do it yourself.

You go by your own name.

“This is me, and I come to you.”

Maybe your family, they told you the name of the tree. They always tell you, the elderly, what the tree does, what kind of work it does. 

You can walk and walk, and you touch a tree. No, that’s not the one. You walk and walk, and sometimes you’re not gonna find it that day.

You can go back another day.

It’s a miracle to come to have a power in you. It’s a miracle and it’s a gift. It’s a real gift from the Creator. Take good care of it.

Courtesy: Joe McGregor