Earth Teach Me

 

– a Ute Prayer

(Utah is named after the Utes)

 

Earth teach me quiet

~ as the grasses are still with new light.

 

Earth teach me suffering

~ as old stones suffer with memory.

 

Earth teach me humility

~ as blossoms are humble with beginning.

 

Earth teach me caring

~ as mothers nurture their young.

 

Earth teach me courage

~ as the tree that stands alone.

 

Earth teach me limitation

~ as the ant that crawls on the ground.

 

Earth teach me freedom

~ as the eagle that soars in the sky.

 

Earth teach me acceptance

~ as the leaves that die each fall.

 

Earth teach me renewal

~ as the seed that rises in the spring.

 

Earth teach me to forget myself

~ as melted snow forgets its life.

 

Earth teach me to remember kindness

~ as dry fields weep with rain.

 

 

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