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Native American Serenity Prayer 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 wisdom. May I walk in beauty |
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... I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself. --Lone Man (Isna la-wica)
Teton Sioux |
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Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one was pressed for an answer. A pause giving time for thought was the truly courteous way of beginning and conducting a conversation. Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence to the speech-maker and his own moment of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regard for the rule that, "thought comes before speech." --Luther Standing Bear (1868-1939)
Oglala Sioux Chief |
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The background is courtesy of Ishaah and the music is R. Carlos Nakai's Song for the Morning Star.
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