A Native American Prayer

Mother Earth teach me stillness as the grasses are stilled with light.

Mother Earth teach me suffering as old stones suffer with memory.

Mother Earth teach me humility as blossoms are humble with beginning.

Mother Earth Teach me caring as the mother who secures her young.

Mother Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands alone.

Mother Earth teach me limitation as the ant which crawls on the ground.

Mother Earth teach me freedom as the eagle which soars in the sky.

Mother Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall.

Mother Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.

Mother Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life.

Mother Earth teach me to remember kindness as dry fields weep in the rain.