"Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about his religion. Respect others in their views and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and of service to your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place. Show respect to all people, but grovel to none. When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home." by: Tecumseh -(1768-1813) Shawnee Chief
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"If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself."
Damn what a great concept! I wish some people I know would grasp this...
Jen
You can quote indian people all day long, it doesn't mean people will get it. Their God is green, they worship what will be of the least use to them when it all comes right down to it.
Chief Seattle is often quoted, his words are used often when it suits the need but the words he spoke are not even entertained let alone followed. The earth is on it's last legs, it would do us all well to pay attention.
The Cree have a saying,
"Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we cannot eat money."
Who is the savage?
follow this advise and theres no way to avoid finding yourself deep in your own mirror of life, it wont lie to you, it may make you see things about yourself that make you cry, it may make you see things about yourself that make you proud. it will show you your true self, where you go from there is entirely up to you. at least thats how i feel.
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