WORDS OF WISDOM

Maija

I Seek To Find The Special Place

Within My Heart And Mind

Which House The Gifts...

Of Strength And Inner Peace

I Search At Times To Find

The Connection I Feel

Is Extremely Strong..And Very Real

I Thirst To Study The Elders' Words

As What..To Me..They Will Reveal.

I Must Walk This Path Alone

And Will Not Stop To Rest

Until My Journey Is Done..

And There Is Peace In My Heart

I Will Continue My Vision Quest.

An original.....by Shayna

There I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and

round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. And,

while I stood there, I saw more than I can tell and I understood

more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner, the

shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as

they must live together like one being.

And I say, the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many

hoops that made one circle...wide as daylight and as starlight.

And in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all

the children of one mother and father. And I saw

that it was holy. But anywhere...

is the center of the world.

Grandfather Great Spirit All Over The World

The Faces Of Living Things Are Alike.

With Tenderness, They Have Come Up Out Of The Ground.

Look Upon Your Children That They May Face The Winds

And Walk The Good Road To The Day Of Quiet.

Grandfather Great Spirit

Fill Us With The Light.

Give Us The Strength To Understand

And The Eyes To See.

Teach Us To Walk The Soft Earth As Relatives

To All That Live.

~Sioux Prayer~

The first peace, which is the most important,

is that which comes from within the souls of people

when they realize that their relationship...

Their oneness with the universe and all its powers,

and when they realize that at the center of the universe,

dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center

is really everywhere...

For, It is within each of us.

There are many things to be shared with the Four Colors of

Humanity in our common destiny as one...

with our Mother Earth. It is this sharing that must be

considered with great care by the Elders and the

medicine people who carry the Sacred Trusts, so that no harm

may come to people through ignorance and misuse of these

powerful forces.

In early days we were close to nature. We judged time,

weather conditions, and many things by the elements-the

good earth, the blue sky, the flying of geese, and the changing

winds. We looked to these for guidance and answers. Our

prayers and thanksgiving were said to the four winds-to the

East, from whence the new day was born; to the South, which

sent the warm breeze which gave a feeling of comfort; to the

West, which ended the day and brought rest; and to the North,

the Mother of winter whose sharp air awakened a time of

preparation for the long days ahead. We lived by God's hand

through nature and evaluated the changing winds to tell us

or warn us as to what was ahead. Today we are again

evaluating the changing winds.

May we be strong in spirit and equal to our Fathers of another

day in reading the signs accurately and interpreting them

wisely. May Wah-Kon-Tah, the Great Spirit, look down upon us,

guide us, inspire us and give us courage and wisdom. Above

all, may he look down upon us and be pleased.

I wish you wonderful dreams....each night.....

and may you always have peace, warmth and love in your heart.

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