Shine Not Burn by Elle Casey6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() I’m not surprised that multiple clans claim the Mackinneys, though. So my people were a supporting cast, a special team to the King’s strong men. Their lands extended from the Island of Lewis in the west, though to Ross on the east coast of the mainland. ![]() ![]() They got to the top by acting as royal agents for a succession of Scottish kings – being in effect the monarchy’s strong men in the north. In fact, since the letter Z (“zed” to the Scots) wasn’t introduced for a long time it’s quite possible that “Mackinney” is an original pronunciation of “Mackenzie.”Īt the height of their influence, the chiefs of the Mackenzie clan led the fourth most powerful clan in Scotland. Once at the Highland Games, some guy tried to tell me that we are instead a sept of Clan Mackinnon. Mackinney was a sept, a loyal family, to the Mackenzies. My family is Mackinney (later McKinney)*, of Mackenzie clan. We do choose how we react to circumstances. The motto reads like it is a choice, which I think it often is. We need to balance the hardships and heat in our lives so that we continue to grow and to shine, but we also need to make sure we don’t let life burn and scar us. I think that is quite a cool motto when applied to life. I need to balance the bad with the good, make sure to avoid the things that could burn or scar me but get close enough to the heat that I feel life and really experience it. To me, though, it means that I have a choice. ![]()
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