O
Great Spirit
Author
Unknown
"O Great Spirit whose voice I hear
in the wind, whose breath gives life to the world, hear
me. I come to you as one of your many children. I am small and weak. I need
your strength and your wisdom. May I walk in beauty.
Make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. Make my hand respect the
things that you have made and my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise so
that I may know the things that you have taught your children, the lessons you
have hidden in every leaf and rock.
Make me strong but not too superior to
my brothers, but able to fight my greatest enemy.... myself. Make me ever ready
to come on you with straight eyes, so that when my life fades as the fading
sunset, my spirit will come to you without shame."
Poem treasured by Jane Mary Howse-Livingston
