Earth Teach Me 

 Earth teach me stillness as the 
grasses are stilled with 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 the 
mother who secures her young. 

Earth teach me courage as the 
tree which stands alone. 

Earth teach me limitation as the
 ant which crawls on the ground. 

Earth teach me freedom as the 
eagle which soars in the sky. 

Earth teach me resignation as the 
leaves which die in the fall. 

Earth teach me regeneration as the 
seed which 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 in the rain. 

A Native American prayer from the
Ute, North American