बेऔतिफुल Prayer

Oh, Great Spirit Whose voice I hear in the winds,
and Whose breath gives life to all 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 my hands respect the things you have made
and my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise so that I may understand the things you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons you have hidden under 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 when life fades, as the fading sunset,
my spirit may come to you without shame. Translated by Lakota Sioux Chief Yellow Lark in 1887

 I took this photo around the Yukon / Alaska border.

South Point , HI

This is the southern most point in the U. S. It is a beach called south point on the south end of Big Island HI. Looking south, there is nothing but Pacific from here to Polynesia, and the Cook Islands many hundreds of miles across an unforgiving ocean, yet the ancient indigenous peoples were excellent navigators, and sailed across these waters by seafaring canoe's.

The simple pole structure and rock arrangement here mark a mariner's burial ground were a wooden sign states, "those without reverence for God, do not walk here".

Copper Canyon, Mexico "El Chepe Train"

Aboard the El Chepe train From Chihuahua to Los Mochis, one can experience Old Mexico and some of the indigenous peoples who live like they did hundreds of years ago. Their simple lifestyle conserves natural resources, reflects a reverence for the earth, and allows for it's longevity.