"You have to show that you're willing to suffer for what you want," he said as we drove, "that's the idea... are you willing to suffer for your prayers to be answered?" It was late afternoon and we were preparing for our time at the sweat lodge that evening. We had given our prayers to the medicine man and were headed to the kitchen to prepare a feast as an offering to the Grandfathers who would not only receive, but hopefully answer them. "I feel like that's what this year has been about for me," I replied with a knowing nod. "Am I willing to lose everything in order to step into what's next, am I willing to let it all go... and I am, I have been." We ask a lot. We pray to God and the...
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