Cree Literacy Network

Thanks to Solomon Ratt for translating this hopeful, positive thought from American spiritual teacher Gary Zukay into y-dialect. 

kîspin kipakosêyimon nawac ta-sâkihitohk êkwa nawac ta-kisêwâtisihk ôta askîhk, kiya nîkân sâkihiwê êkwa kisêwâtisi; kîspin kipakosêyimon ta-âstamipayik kostâciwin ôta askîhk âstamipayihtâ kiya kikostâciwin. êwakoni ôhi mêkiwina kakî-mêkin.

ᑮᐢᐱᐣ ᑭᐸᑯᓭᔨᒧᐣ ᓇᐘᐨ ᑕ ᓵᑭᐦᐃᑐᕽ ᐁᑿ ᓇᐘᐨ ᑕ ᑭᓭᐚᑎᓯᕽ ᐆᑕ ᐊᐢᑮᕽ, ᑭᔭ ᓃᑳᐣ ᓵᑭᐦᐃᐍ ᐁᑿ ᑭᓭᐚᑎᓯ; ᑮᐢᐱᐣ ᑭᐸᑯᓭᔨᒧᐣ ᑕ ᐋᐢᑕᒥᐸᔨᐠ ᑯᐢᑖᒋᐏᐣ ᐆᑕ ᐊᐢᑮᕽ ᐋᐢᑕᒥᐸᔨᐦᑖ ᑭᔭ ᑭᑯᐢᑖᒋᐏᐣ᙮ ᐁᐘᑯᓂ ᐆᐦᐃ ᒣᑭᐏᓇ ᑲᑮ ᒣᑭᐣ᙮

If you wish the world to become loving and compassionate, become loving and compassionate yourself. If you wish to dimish fear in the world, diminish your own. Those are the gifts you can give. – Gary Zukov.