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I believe in the sun
even when it is not shining
And I believe in love,
even when there’s no one there.
And I believe in God,
even when he is silent.

I believe through any trial,
there is always a way
But sometimes in this suffering
and hopeless despair
My heart cries for shelter,
to know someone’s there
But a voice rises within me, saying hold on
my child, I’ll give you strength,
I’ll give you hope. Just stay a little while.

I believe in the sun
even when it is not shining
And I believe in love
even when there’s no one there
But I believe in God
even when he is silent
I believe through any trial
there is always a way.

May there someday be sunshine
May there someday be happiness
May there someday be love
May there someday be peace….”

– Uknown

Poetry and Quotes I like

Our first teacher is our own heart- Cheyenne Proverb

Dont be afriad to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts-Hopi proverbs

what the people belive is true-Anishinabe


Lost, by Shezena Muhammad



Tonight I sit and wonder
Why the things that happen do
I want so badly to deny them
But sadly they are true.
So much pain and hate around us
I don't know what to do
I want to close my eyes and disappear
But of course that wouldn't do.
But now I know, why a hermit
Chose the life in which he leads
There are too many things around us
That begs our hearts to bleed.
The world is too much with us,
And no matter how far away
We still hear his desperate cry
And feel him pleading us to go astray
Ya Allah, My Lord
Please help me in what I do
Am I to really believe
That all these things are true?
Please my Lord, Guide me
In everything that is true
I am lost in this world
And I don't know what to do
My Lord, My Lord
Please guide me, in everything that true
This world is too much with us
And I don't know what to do


Emotions, by Yusuf Khalifa



Emotions are flowing,
From the heart and soul
If understood, can not be helped.
Feeling delicate and quiet
I’m yearning to have been there.
Again emotions,
The gates of knowledge stood as an example of patience
Time itself can not be compared
Streams of gentle affection crawling towards them
Again, I cant stand, for emotions are far too great

The roaring deserts where calm for the one who held the best of love
The bubbling skies were cool over the one who held the best of love
The dry air was moist over the one who held the best of love
Falling tears rolling down the cheeks of a young boy,
He runs to help – stop!
Tears now roll for him
The screaming beasts want no part of this
But are commanded by their keepers
Within a moment, the earth is empty and mankind mourns the loss of a great treasure
I’m sorry, I cant go on, my emotions have over come me.[ Edit section ]Favorite


Hold on
Hold on to what is good,
Even if it's a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe,
Even if it's a tree that stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do,
Even if it's a long way from here.
Hold on to your life,
Even if it's easier to let go.
Hold on to my hand,
Even if someday I'll be gone away from you.

A Pueblo Indian Prayer



What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across
the grass and loses itself in the sunset.

Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior and orator 1830 - 18



So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
Trouble no one about their religion;
respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.

Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.
Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,
even a stranger, when in a lonely place.
Show respect to all people and grovel to none.

When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living.
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.

Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools
and robs the spirit of its vision.

When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled
with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep
and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.
Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

Chief Tecumseh (Crouching Tiger) Shawnee Nation *******13




May the stars carry your sadness away,
May the flowers fill your heart with beauty,
May hope forever wipe away your tears,
And, above all, may silence make you strong.

Chief Dan George


When you were born, you cried
and the world rejoiced.
Live your life
so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice.

White Elk



Go Forward With Courage

When you are in doubt, be still, and wait;
when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage.
So long as mists envelop you, be still;
be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists
-- as it surely will.
Then act with courage.

Ponca Chief White Eagle (1800's to 1914)





Earth, Teach Me

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.

An Ute Prayer