CHEROKEE WOMAN

Indian Prayer O' GREAT SPIRIT help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence. ~ Cherokee Prayer ~ For all the world one prayer That we might live as one May peace and love Be in each heart And each life be filled with sun. 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 A Cherokee Blessing May the warm winds of Heaven blow softly on your home, And 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. Cherokee Rose By Marc McCord Seven petals for seven tribes growing on the trail where they cried. Center of gold for the land white men stole. Four thousand of my ancestors died. The trail was long, the journey harsh crossing a thousand miles of mountain and marsh and in the place where proud people those cried the tears that watered Cherokee Rose. Oh Spirit Wolf, oh Spirit Owl hear the winter winds that howl. Oh Spirit Eagle, oh Spirit Deer why did so many have to die here? One nation prospered, one nation fell. One went to heaven, one was sent to hell. Cherokee Rose that blooms in spring reminds us of the songs they sing. White petals, a sign of those tears that still wet the ground after a hundred fifty years remind us all of what was lost from proud people who bore the ultimate cost. Seven petals for seven tribes growing on the trail where they cried. Center of gold for the land white men stole. Four thousand of my ancestors died. © Copyright 1999 Marc"Dances with Owls" McCord Indian Soulmates Man does not measure the stars. It is a gift he can not count. So it is with my love for you. How can I tell you of my love? Strong as the eagle, soft as the dove, patient as the pine tree that stands in the sun and whispers to the wind...'You are the one!' Prayer for The White Man And now, Grandfather, I ask you to bless the White Man. He needs your Wisdom, your guidance. You see, for so long, he has tried to destroy my people, and only feels comfortable when given power. Bless them, show them the peace we understand, teach them humility. For I fear they will someday destroy themselves and their children, As they have done so Mother Earth. I plead, I cry. After all, They are my Brothers....... An Indian Prayer I give you this one thought to keep, I'm with you still. I do no sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning hush, I am the swift uplifting rush, Of quiet birds in circled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not think of me as gone I am with you still, in each new dawn. Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there, I do not sleep. Do not stand there at my grave an cry I am not there, I did not die. An Indian Prayer Happily may I walk. May it be beautiful before me. May it be beautiful behind me. May it be beautiful below me. May it be beautiful all around me. In beauty it is finished. A Cherokee Prayer Oh Great spirit, grant that I may never find fault with my neighbor until I have walked the trail of life in his moccasins. A Cherokee Prayer As I walk the trail of life In the fear of the wind and rain Grant O Great Spirit That I may always walk like a man. A Cherokee Prayer Great Spirit I am alive 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. CHEROKEE PRAYER "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... LOVING SUN "JUST AS THE SUN WARMS THE EARCH, LOVE WARMS OUR LIVES." ~ RED BEAR ~ NATIVE BLESSING 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 A NATIVE PRAYER 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 ANCIENT INDIAN PROVERB "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." LOVE 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