I watched one show of Amazon Prime Video. It is a documentary movie created in 2003. It introduces Navajo culture through the interviews to the Navajo traditional medicine man and other local people.
The title is “Where the Highway Ends: A Journey into Navajo Culture.”
In the middle of the movie, I was surprised to hear a very familiar voice. I thought to myself the voice exactly sounded like my dad-in-law. Then on the next second, my dad-in-law popped up in the movie.
He looked young in the movie. From his appearance, probably this interview was taken when he was still in his 40s, which is 20 years ago when I met him for the very first time. It was right before the millennium, just about entering to the 21st century. At that time he was working as a peacemaker at the Navajo tribe’s Peace Maker Court.
He mentioned his concern about his people, especially young generations, in this age. They are influenced by a Western culture, which seeks for a quick fix. Navajo people traditionally had known that a healing process is not a quick fix; rather, a slow process.
I recall our conversation between my dad-in-law and me in those days. He often mentioned about this to me. He often told me to be patient on everything.
I, at that time which was 20 years ago, was young and immature, so I wanted things happen as quick as possible.
Now that I have accumulated my personal experiences and aged 20 years more than that time, I finally understand the logic he shared with me.
Everything has its own best timing, and that is why it sometimes takes more time than what we expect. I know now, that everything will go well eventually.
In Japanese we say “急がば回れ.“ It means “slow and steady wins the race.”
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