O Great Spirit,
Whose voice I hear on the winds,
And whose breath gives life to the world,
hear me, 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 me wise so that I may understand the
things you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons you have hidden
in every leaf and rock.
I seek strength, not to be greater than my
brother, but to fight my greatest
enemy----myself.
Make me always ready to come to you with
clean hands and straight eyes.
So that when life fades, as the fading sunset,
my spirit may come to you without shame.
A Sioux Indian Prayer
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