The story of the (hummingbird/colibri) and the forest fire is an Indigenous parable about courage and personal responsibility. One day there was a big fire in the forest. All the animals fled in terror in all directions, because it was a very violent fire. A jaguar sat at a distance, passively observing the chaos and panic of the fleeing animals. Suddenly, the jaguar saw a hummingbird pass over his head, but in the opposite direction from the fleeing forest dwellers. The hummingbird flew towards the fire! The jaguar watched the hummingbird carefully. Moments later, the jaguar saw the tiny bird pass overhead again, this time in the same direction as the forest dwellers fleeing the fire. Then, again, the hummingbird flew towards the inferno. Repeating this behavior over and over, seemingly endlessly, the bird seemed driven by a mission. The jaguar observed this coming and going until he decided to ask the bird about it, because it was very puzzling behavior. “What are you doing, humming...