Intertribal Life Newspaper -

Have you ever noticed that we can be encouraged by someone's words at one moment, and then utterly discouraged the next?

One parent may celebrate with a child who comes home with an 80 percent on a test. However, the other parent may ask what happened to the remaining 20.

Your boss may discipline you for the way you handled a customer, but a co-worker may empathize with you over how hard the customer was.

One teacher may point out all of the things a student is doing wrong, whereas another may celebrate all of the ways they are succeeding.

In my own journey, I am deeply grieved to admit that I...