CHEROKEE FOR
GREETINGS FRIEND
FROM WEEPING SPARROW
REMAIN CLOSE TO THE GREAT SPIRIT
TREAT THE EARTH AND ALL THAT DWELL THEREON WITH RESPECT
SHOW GREAT RESPECT FOR YOUR FELLOW BEINGS
WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF MANKIND
GIVE ASSISTANCE AND KINDNESS WHEREVER NEEDED
DO WHAT YOU KNOW TO BE RIGHT
LOOK AFTER THE WELL-BEING OF MIND AND BODY
DEDICATE A SHORE OF YOUR EFFORTS TO THE GREATER GOOD
BE TRUTHFUL AND HONEST AT ALL TIMES
TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS
"CREATOR GAVE YOU TWO EARS...
AND ONE MOUTH...
SO YOU CAN LISTEN,
TWICE AS MUCH,
AS YOU SPEAK."
OH GREAT SPIRIT, WHO MADE ALL RACES, LOOK KINDLY UPON THE WHOLE HUMAN FAMILY AND TAKE AWAY THE ARROGANCE AND HATRED WHICH SEPARATES US FROM OUR BROTHERS...
ONLY AFTER THE LAST TREE HAS BEEN CUT DOWN,
ONLY AFTER THE LAST RIVER HAS BEEN POISONED,
ONLY AFTER THE LAST FISH HAS BEEN CAUGHT,
ONLY THEN WILL YOU FIND THAT MONEY CANNOT BE EATEN.
"JUST AS THE SUN WARMS THE EARCH,
LOVE WARMS OUR LIVES."
~ RED BEAR ~
I WILL DRAW THORNS FROM YOUR FEET.
WE WILL WALK THE WHITE PATH OF LIFE TOGETHER.
LIKE A BROTHER OF MY OWN BLOOD,
I WILL LOVE YOU.
I WILL WIPE TEARS FROM YOUR EYES.
WHEN YOU ARE SAD,
I WILL PUT YOUR ACHING HEART TO REST
MAY THE WARM WINDS OF HEAVEN
BLOW SOFTLY UPON YOUR HOUSE.
MAY THE GREAT SPIRIT BLESS
ALL WHO ENTER THERE.
MAY YOUR MOCASSINS MAKE
HAPPY TRACKS IN MANY SNOWS.
AND MAY THE RAINBOW
ALWAYS TOUCH YOUR SHOULDER.
MAY YOU HAVE THE STRENGTH
OF EAGLES' WINGS,
THE FAITH AND COURAGE TO
FLY TO NEW HEIGHTS,
AND THE WISDOM
OF THE UNIVERSE
TO CARRY YOU THERE
O GREAT SPIRIT
MAKE ME WISE, SO THAT I UNDERSTAND
THE THINGS YOU HAVE TAUGHT MY PEOPLE
LET ME LEARN THE LESSON YOU HAVE HIDDEN
IN EVERY LEAF AND ROCK
I SEEK STRENGTH, NOT TO BE GREATER THAN MY BROTHER
BUT TO FIGHT AGAINST MY GREATEST ENEMY - MYSELF
"TREAT THE EARTH WELL. IT WAS NOT GIVEN TO YOU BY YOUR PARENTS, IT WAS LOANED TO YOU BY YOUR CHILDREN. WE DO NOT INHERIT THE EARTH FROM OUR ANCESTORS, WE BORROW IT FROM OUR CHILDREN."
GREAT SPIRIT YOU ARE ALL THAT IS AND HAS EVER BEEN!
I WAS BORN TO SAY, "I LOVE YOU!"
HELP REMIND ME THROUGH THE DAY
THAT LOVE SHOULD BE MY ONLY GOAL,
MY ONLY THOUGHT IN WHAT I DO,
AND MY ONLY INSPIRATION.
FOR WITHOUT LOVE,
I AM LOST,
I AM LONELY.
THE CHEROKEE
LOVE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU AND I MUST HAVE. WE MUST HAVE IT BECAUSE OUR SPIRIT FEEDS UPON IT. WE MUST HAVE IT BECAUSE WITHOUT IT WE BECOME FAINT AND WEAK.
WITHOUT LOVE OUR SELF- ESTEEM WEAKENS. WITHOUT IT OUR COURAGE FAILS. WITHOUT LOVE WE CAN NO LONGER LOOK CONFIDENTLY AT THE WORLD. WE TURN INWARD AND BEGIN TO FEED ON OUR OWN PERSONALITIES AND LITTLE BY LITTLE WE DESTROY OURSELVES.
WITH LOVE WE ARE CREATIVE. WITH LOVE WE MARCH TIRELESSLY. WITH LOVE AND WITH LOVE ALONE, WE ARE ABLE TO SACRIFICE FOR OTHERS.
CHIEF DAN GEORGE
HUMANKIND HAS NOT WOVEN THE WEB OF LIFE.
WE ARE BUT ONE THREAD WITHIN IT.
WHATEVER WE DO TO THE WEB WE DO TO OURSELVES.
ALL THINGS ARE BOUND TOGETHER.
ALL THINGS CONNECT.
CHIEF SEATTLE
SHOW ME, AND I MAY NOT REMEMBER.
INVOLVE ME, AND I'LL UNDERSTAND.
NATIVE AMERICAN PROVERB
NOW YOU WILL FEEL NO RAIN,
FOR EACH OF YOU WILL BE
SHELTER TO THE OTHER.
NOW YOU WILL FEEL NO COLD,
FOR EACH OF YOU WILL BE
WARMTH TO THE OTHER.
NOW THERE IS NO MORE LONLINESS,
FOR EACH OF YOU WILL BE
COMPANION TO THE OTHER.
NOW YOU ARE TWO BODIES,
BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE
LIFE BEFORE YOU.
GO NOW TO YOUR DWELLING PLACE,
TO ENTER INTO THE DAYS
OF YOUR TOGETHERNESS.
AND MAY YOUR DAYS
BE GOOD AND LONG
UPON THE EARTH.
PAUL - "SPIRITHEALER"
AND
JEAN - "SMILEBRINGER"
MY BROTHER IN SPIRIT
~ CLIFF ~
WHIRLWIND DANCER
FOR GIVING ME
MY NATIVE AMERICAN NAME.
WEEPING SPARROW
FLIES FROM SITE TO SITE,
THROUGH AS MANY COUNTRIES
AS POSSIBLE. IT DOES NOT BELONG
TO ANY BELIEF SYSTEM.
PLEASE HELP IT MAKE A LINE AROUND
THE GLOBE WITH A PRAYER FOR
PEACE, BY TAKING IT WITH YOU
TO YOUR SITE OR BY GIVING IT
TO SOMEONE FOR THEIR SITE...
PASS IT ON.
Dancing Little Otter
at
Native Webs
at
Grayclouds Cyber Journey
"WALK IN PEACE"
