Reflections

[baronessekat]

I had been having a crappy morning.

On my lunch I went out and just looked around myself. At the living things around me.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

I was reminded of a small prayer I was taught a long time ago.

Oh my creator, you whom I worship and adore I give thanks to you for this day. For the beauty which surrounds me, I give thanks. Above me and below me, before me and behind me, all around me.

I am surrounded by thy beauty, which I recognize as a manifestation of thy goodness and mercy unto us all.

I also give thee thanks, oh my creator, for all the mysteries which abound for all those things which I cannot see and do not understand and yet in these mysteries you manifest your wisdom and domination of all.

I give thee my thanks, oh my creator, may you ever keep me grateful that I may always walk the beautiful trail.

After reciting it to myself things suddenly felt much better and I was able to deal with the rest of my day.

Comments

[ovantravers.livejournal.com]

A beautiful prayer. Brings to mind the prayer we say at the end of our meetings on the reservation, The Native American Prayer, by Sioux Chief, Yellow Hawk:

Oh Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds,
and whose breath gives life to all the world - Hear me -
I come before you, one of your children.

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 you have made,
my ears sharp to hear your voice.

Make me wise, so that I may know the things you have taught my People,
the lesson you have hidden in every leaf and rock.
I seek strength not to be superior to my brothers,
but to be able to fight my greatest enemy, myself.

Make me ever ready to come to you,
with clean hands and straight eyes,
so when life fades as a faing sunset,
my spirit may come to you without shame.

Have a good night.