Hip Quotes: Yellow Lark
“Sioux Prayer
O 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 many 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 fading sunset,my spirit may
come to you without shame.”
– Yellow Lark –
Category: Prayers