There was an old man working to help his people. When he performed ceremonies to help someone, he found that some of the people were falling back to their problems. He was concerned that the people were not listening to his wisdom and wanted to find out why. He put Tobacco on the ground and asked the Great Spirit to guide him. He thanked Mother Earth for all the good things she was giving him and all his Relations.

That night, the old man had a dream. In this dream, he was standing on an island in front of a fire and there were two circles drawn on the ground, one to his right and one to his left. Around the circle to his right, he could read the words: Love, Caring, Sharing and respect. Around the circle to his left, he could read the words: Hatred, Fear, Confusion, and Anger.

When the old man woke up, he wanted to find out what the dream was all about. He drew the two circles on the ground like he saw them in his dream, he made the fire and he asked the people that were coming to the ceremonies to come visit him.

He sat there and asked them to talk about anything they wanted. As he listened to their words he dropped stones in the circles that corresponded to what they were talking about. When the person was finished talking, he looked at the stones in the circles and soon found out that the people that were coming to the ceremonies and not getting better were people that were still caught up with the bad circle. He realized that forgiveness was the most important thing to do in order to walk on the right path. But he could not tell them what was wrong because they would fell bad and get angry with him and if they got angry with him, they would stop listening to him.

So he told them about his dream
and he showed them the stones in the circles.