Individual, Family, Community with Gerald Packineau

In our communities you help the individual you help the family you help the family you help the community it’s all connected and that’s why we need to bring back our mentorship we need our elders have more responsibilities we need our parents to be more involved we need the students where you connect we’re not saying everything is gonna be what they call that what if those families you know on TV typical and the Brady Bunch family or whatever you know it’s not gonna be all yeah everything’s perfect again but no well at least we know at least we’re helping someone you know and that’s what I’m saying you know I haven’t come from I came from heart you know life and there was no all there’s always you know I’m perfect but there was some peace and joy what I learned you know yeah there was this there was alcohol abuse there was this and that but something along the line through them you know all this turmoil they call it you know trauma I got through it and I see my dad you know go through I see my other dad goes through it and he taught me more things than I and I could understand see my mom go through it you know there was you know she had a rough life too but we don’t we don’t say oh I’m poor poor you she said this is how you survive this is how you get through it this is what you got to do we say a forgiving spirit we have to forgive and move on if you’re still hanging on to them being a victim you’re not surviving you’re struggling and that’s why you seem a lot of behaviors I say always I’m traumatized them I’m still you know you know that’s gone today you have that chance to live your life today you can do those things which are your family fought so hard for you to be at today so you have you can worship the way you want to worship so you know the Creator the way you need it you can still go to Polo’s there’s still things intact for you they’re not all gone we’re not trauma yes that wherever bottoms are gone but yet we still have ancestors here we still have that land but what are you gonna do to help carry that message on see mentorship someone taught you something that you to tell others so that they can learn you can’t hold things secret well this is for me and see that’s capitalism I’m gonna get this and I’m gonna capitalize on this and this is mine and it’s gonna be for me so I can gain something from it that’s not how it’s supposed to meet so if I don’t tell you something that I should be telling you then where is that message going so that’s what I’m saying if I help you with a little bit then that helps the people that’s just that ripple effect out there you know and I’m just like I said I’m still learning I only have been seven years and this is like that lady said it’s a grant you know seed like that holy but they said there’s a tiny that a mustard seed can grow into a big tree that’s where you can be - those words are all true you know