According to Chief Arvol Looking Horse, the traditional leader of the Lakota clan of the Sioux Nation, the appearance of white animals heralds a time of great urgency for the Earth and for humanity as a whole. It is said the appearance of such unusually colored animals is a sign, an omen calling for us a people to unite and walk as one, to see past our divisions and conflicts, past the color of our neighbor’s skin or the ancestry of their people and to come together and embrace one another as brothers, sisters and related children of the one Earth Mother.

The lambs watch me, they look me in the eyes, they permit me to come close to them, hold them, feed them. They symbolize a coming together for me, they speak to a great human awakening. There is something different about these lambs, they are unlike any others that I have had or have now. They remind me of the importance of a spiritual life, a life of meaning and purpose and strength. I cannot cure the ills and sorrows of the world, I can only deal with me, one step at a time. I’m not certain what will come of them, I am listening.