Thanksgiving Prayer
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| Tue, 11-21-2006 - 1:32pm |
Here's a prayer I found I'd like to share:
Gratitude to Mother Earth, sailing through night and day--
and to her soil: rich, rare and sweet
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to Plants, the sun-facing light-changing leaf
and fine root-hairs, standing still through wind
and rain, their dance is in the flowing spiral grain
in our minds so be it
Gratitude to Air, bearing the soaring Swift and the silent
Owl at dawn. Breath of our song
clear spirit breeze
in our minds so be it
Gratitude to Wild Beings, our brothers, teaching secrets,
freedoms, and ways, who share with us their milk
self-complete, brave and aware
in our minds so be it
Gratitude to Water: clouds, lakes, rivers, glaciers
holding or releasing, streaming through all
our bodies salty seas
in our minds so be it
Gratitude to the Sun: blinding pulsing light through
trunks of trees, through mists, warming caves where
bears and snakes sleep--he who wakes us--
in our minds so be it
Gratitude to the Great Sky
who holds billions of stars---and goes yet beyond that---
beyond all powers, and thoughts
and yet is within us---
Grandfather Space
The Mind is his Wife.
so be it.
--Gary Snyder (after a Mohawk Prayer)
Just wondering if anyone who's celebrating this day, will be doing something special in the spiritual vein for the day? I'll be doing some t'ai chi before we drive up to our family gathering as well as walking through Fall's beauty with my Mika dog. :)
Gypsy
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That is a fine piece of poetry.
HUGS! I hope you take some time before your "duty" dinner, for yourself for solitude in nature. You deserve it! Give yourself permission to have your own special moments of your own design, even if not for the entire day. ;)
More hugs,
Gypsy
Edited 11/21/2006 10:43 pm ET by gypsywolfwoman
Blessings,
Gypsy
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(((Hugs))) Sweetie!