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Chief YellowHawk's 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 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.
Chief YellowHawk
When a child my mother taught me
the legends of our people;
taught me of the sun and sky,
the moon and stars,
the clouds and storms.
She also taught me to kneel
and pray to Usen
for strength, health, wisdom and protection.
We never prayed against any person,
but if we had aught against any individual
we ourselves took vengeance.
We were taught that Usen does not care
for the petty quarrels of men.
Geronimo (1829-1909)
Chircahua Apache chief
Thank you for walking this path with me!
10-2-2008
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