| Native American
Prayer
Oh, Great Spirit
Whose voice I hear in the
winds,
And whose breath gives life to
all the world,
hear me, I am small and weak,
I need your strength and
wisdom.
Let me walk in beauty
and
make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the
things your have
made and my ears sharp to hear
your voice.
Make me wise so that I may
understand the things
you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons you
have
hidden in every leaf and rock.
I seek strength, not
to be greater than my brother,
but to fight my greatest enemy
- myself.
Make me always ready to come
to you
with clean hands and straight
eyes.
So when life fades, as the
fading sunset,
my Spirit may come to you
without shame.
- Chief Yellow Lark,
Lakota -
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