The Rainbow Blessing

So, we're sitting in the restaurant at Tamaya having breakfast and we see a group of young Navajo kids/teens out the window...they're dancing outside. People are scattered on the lawn watching. I was so disappointed that we were missing this. I wanted to forget about breakfast and just go watch. But I didn't. Luckily, the dancers were still dancing when we finished breakfast so we wandered outside and joined the others on the lawn. Yay! At that moment, the Navajo man at the mic who was doing the drumming, singing and giving explanations about each dance (they can't and won't give much detail, this info is SACRED)...he began talking about the Navajo story of creation and the rainbow path. He talked for a bit and then emphasized that this blessing is about life. About how we will all experience big storms in our lives, ones that we will think we might never make it through...but, BUT, he PROMISED that these storms would pass and the rainbow would come out again and that everything would be OK. It made me teary, this reminder was just what I needed to hear and it was even more powerful that it was from a Navajo Elder and this was the blessing we just happened to end up witnessing (the dances are not for entertainment, each one is a blessing for everyone). I soaked up the energy from the dance and tried to feel the blessing eminating from it. It felt meant to be at that moment. And as the dancers finished and eventually left the area, this Elder looked back at me with such purpose and said "thank you". Whoa. Ok, but then he said thank you to another lady as he walked by her, ha ha...so it wasn't such a unique courtesy just for me, but it still struck me pretty deep to be acknowledged with such intent like that. What a dork.