Malcolm X

"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."

- Malcolm X

What my thoughts about what Malcolm X is trying to put out there is it is very true. The only way to make it out there in the real world is to get a higher education than just high school. That’s the way I see it, because without no college degree you most likely will be working from 9 to 5 at $7.50 per hour. That’s minimum wage, I really don’t think one will survive out there with only making that much amount of money. If I were to do some really good work and get paid a lot for it, it would be to mine gold and make about $1,668.92 an oz. Extrapolate that by 20 ounces of gold, which would be $33,360 pocketed money. Or I would either want to go to college for Dental Hygiene and become a Dentist; the route I would go is to get my schooling paid for from the Navajo tribe. The only way that is going to be possible is if I do well in school.

I think that Mr. Leh will help me become successful in the future if we keep praying to the heavenly father for good education and happiness. I know my dad will get well in the future it will take some time. Also I and my other family members have been having really good dreams about my dad healing and getting well. Like just the other night dreamt that my dad got all his muscle back and was walking around at my grandparents’ house. That made me so happy when I woke up, I was thinking it would be a miracle if my dad were to get back on his feet today and walk himself to the restroom. But I know that the creator and his son Jesus will always protect my family no matter what.

That is how much faith we as a family have in my Native American culture, because without it my family wouldn’t be successful Navajo jeweler silversmiths’. Especially when my grandfather passes he is going to give my uncle Jay his business and keep the silver smith tradition going for another 80 years until they teach my son or my youngest brother how to create Navajo jewelry. I think it would be really nice if my little brother knew how to silver smith. Then he would be really famous and successful on the Navajo reservation.

Albert Einstein Quote



"A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new."
- Albert Einstein 

From what I understand on what Albert is trying to get across is that the people who never mess up and never make a mistake, have never tied anything new. They are just stuck doing the same thing that they are already good at. Let’s say that if I’m already good at boxing, there is no possible way of me to ever make a mistake because I haven’t tried anything new yet. But if I’m new at something I’m bound to make a mistake at it, For example think that I have never driven a car in my life and I’m new at it. I wouldn’t really know what to do on the road.

So every day is a new learning experience with everything, because the more you know it will take you along way. That is what my grandparents always taught me, because I guess that is how they were raised and brought up. My grandma always tells me look alive, hurry up. The only reason why is because they tell us you guys are young, you are supposed to be young, strong, and fast. My grandparents always tell me and my brothers to get up early, and to go to sleep right when the sun hits the peak.

 I don’t know why but they said we have to keep our tradition going. What I think about my tradition is that it is very hard to be a Native American because you have a lot of rules to live by. The hardest one that I think to follow is having when you do a ceremony you have to stay holy for at least 5 days. Which regards no cutting your hair, leaving where the ceremony took place and a lot more.

Helen Keller Quote

"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood."
- Helen Keller

The way I understand this quote is that you should never be afraid of trying something new. Instead try it out it is only a learning experience, because it never hurts to at least try something. Let’s say if you are a pot smoker and you tell everyone it is not possible to quit. You are lying because anything is possible is what I always think. Because about one month ago, in December I didn’t know how to sing Navajo peyote songs and I thought they were impossible.

Until I practiced and practiced, then finally I got it down. I didn’t even know how to hit the drum until my uncle Jay taught me also. I love my family very much because I know they love me and they never want me to get hurt. The things they tell me are to learn every day, and to always think positive about things in life. My grandparents are very religious when it comes to NAC because that’s what cured my father. So every time I need help and struggling in school I turn to Jesus and pray for the good things to come in life. Because I have learned that NAC and my religion is the only way in life.

 What I think about this quote is that it is very powerful in words, because in my Navajo culture they would tell you the same thing. It never hurts to try something new in life; you never know how go you are at something until you try. What if that is your number one thing that you are good at doing? Some people think that doing work outside is a punishment well I do not think it is. I think that it is a learning experience, because I was taught of it to be like that. The type of person I am is one that likes to learn about many things.

Let’s say if my grandparents were to tell me to chop wood outside I would go and do it, most kids would be too lazy or would complain about it. That’s not the way life works, because I know I’m the only one to depend on when it comes to keeping my grandparents warm. Or if they told me go and help your uncle out and do something outside, like for example welding. I would love to weld and learn new things in life, that’s the only way to become very successful in life.

About Me



Hello, my name is Tyler and I grew up in Mesa, Arizona. Well when I was about 6 years old that's when my dad, I, my brother, and his mother moved here to Albuquerque, New Mexico. I am a Native American from Gallup, New Mexico. I really wasn't really into my religion when I was younger, then when I started to mature and realize things.

I turned to that and realized that, that's the only way for me to live a good life is to keep going into NAC meetings and keep practice singing songs with my Uncle's and praying for my family. In the past I didn't really know the true meaning of life until I turned my life to the Native American Church and started listening to what my Uncle Jonathon has taught me. And my uncle Jay has taught me a lot of things as far as working outside for my grandparents. I finally about late November figured out what the true meaning of life is, to learn to accept things the way they are and live life happy.

The motto I go by is Y.O.L.O You Only Live Once.! I think that my life really changed when we found out that my dad was diagnosed with cancer. That’s when I had to grow up and help out a lot around my house. My uncle Jonathon really helped me realize that I had to grow up and become a man. I know he is really wize because he is a Medicine Man. So he is the one person I look up to and he is the one that encourages me to go into NAC meetings. The NAC meetings really helped me change my life and turn it around, the holy peyote has taught me a lot of things and helped me figure out some of the good things in life.