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Apache Song , We Pledge Our Hearts
Now you will feel no rain,
for each of you will be a shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
for each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no loneliness for you;
Now there is no more loneliness.
Now you are two bodies,
but there is only one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place,
to enter into your days together.
And may your days be good
and long on the earth.
Enter your days together
Joseph M. Marshall III, Keep Going
Old Hawk lapsed into another period of silence, but a longer silence than before. Jeremy, however, was familiar with this habit. All the elders had a way of using silence to speak for them. And the young man did what was expected of him: He waited.
All the elders had a way of using silence to speak for them.
Old Hawk , Keep Going
Hope is one of the sparks by which life sustains itself. The ability to hope is one of life's greatest gifts. The moment we hope that all will end well, that we can accomplish what we set out to do, we have likely insured that we will gain the outcome we hope for. At the very least we have increased the odds in our favor.
Hope is one of life's greatest gifts
Cherokee saying , Native American Stories of the Sacred
Treat every person, from the tiniest child to the eldest elder, with respect at all times.
Treat each person with respect at all times
Old Hawk , Keep Going
Life is not all sadness. Yet without sadness we would not yearn for joy, and strive to find it, and treasure it when it comes. It is also a fact that neither sadness nor joy is with us constantly. And how often one or the other is part of our journey is not always within our control. We all want joy more than sadness and rare is the person who wants sadness at all.
Without sadness we would not yearn for joy
Evan T. Pritchard, Native American Stories of the Sacred
One unifying feature of Native American belief is the concept of the "Red Road," though each tribe and nation also has its own sacred name for it. Black Elk speaks of the Red Road in the book The Sacred Pipe. In Mi'kmaq, the "way of truth" is called agulamz. In Cherokee, the "way of good" is dohi (do-hi). The Hopi speak of the good red road that leads to a world that is healthy and safe for raising children. The Navajo call it the "the beauty way," which I have learned to live more effectively by returning to my own traditions.
The good red road that leads to a world that is healthy and safe
Evan T. Pritchard, No Word for Time
Spirit does not arrive on a timetable — remember, the Sermon on the Mount was not a publicized event. It simply "fell together."
Spirit does not arrive on a timetable
Evan T. Pritchard, No Word for Time
Every living thing must give and take in order to participate in Creation. Even the Earth and Sky exchange gifts with one another.
Every living thing must give and take
Evan T. Pritchard, No Word for Time
In Algonquin life, as in many cultures around the world, smudging is used to purify oneself, as if bathing in the smoke. Its calm energy washes away our confusion and self-hate. Purification is the first step in any ceremony or healing process. It slows you down and helps you enter the timeless world of spirit.
Purification is the first step
Evan T. Pritchard, No Word for Time
Like the colored prayer flags of Tibetans, Sherpas, and other Mongolian traditions, these ribbons or the more traditional strips of dyed cotton, are tied to living trees and bushes, and left out for some time, to blow in the wind. The wind blows them and frees the prayers to fly upwards to heaven.
Upwards to heaven