Success in Life

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Great Spirit

(By Yellow Lark of the Sioux)

 

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.

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.

 

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