O' 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 you
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.
