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Post by dreamy on Nov 10, 2005 8:57:09 GMT 10
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand
(tribe unknown)
Remember that your children are not your own, but are lent to you by the Creator.
(Mohawk)
Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it.
(Arapaho)
Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your Mother and all things as your Brothers and Sisters.
(Native American)
The soul would have no rainbow if the eye had no tears.
(Native American)
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Post by smudger on Nov 19, 2005 9:53:26 GMT 10
The native inhabitants of any land can so closely relate and be a part of the surroundings , feeling so part of and spiritually one with themselves and nature , this always impressed me .
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Post by krystal on Nov 23, 2005 20:44:50 GMT 10
I enjoyed reading this, thankyou Dreamy....there is something about the Native Americans that really inspires me.
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Post by desertrose on Mar 15, 2006 17:05:15 GMT 10
These are really wonderful, Dreamy. Thanks so much. I may use one of them as my sig, if you don't mind. Hope to see more!
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Post by dreamy on Mar 15, 2006 23:48:22 GMT 10
Feel free to use any of your choice, Rose. I'm glad you like them! #wave#
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, he world cries and you rejoice.
(Cherokee)
Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins.
(Cheyenne)
Our first teacher is our own heart.
(Cheyenne)
Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for you.
(Hopi)
Ask questions from you heart and you will be answered from the heart.
(Omaha)
Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river.
(Tuscarora)
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Post by desertrose on Mar 16, 2006 4:53:53 GMT 10
Oh wow, Dreamy! These are just too wonderful. You know all too well how much I love the Native American culture and history. To use one of their proverbs as a sig would be a priviledge for me. Many thanks again, Dreamy! I especially love the second one!
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Post by dreamy on Mar 16, 2006 6:14:06 GMT 10
You're very welcome, Rose! Yes, I know how much you love it and some of my other friends also do. Native American spirituality has a lot of beauty and wisdom; I think we all can learn from other cultures and each other, too. One of my philosophies on life is to practise tolerance and to look around and walk through life with an open mind and levelled head. We are here to be learners for life time and as I experienced it, we all have to teach each other a lot. Ooops, I'm ranting; stepping off my soap box now! #ssmile#
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Post by desertrose on Mar 16, 2006 6:59:59 GMT 10
Oh no, Dreamy! No stopping from you. I so need to practice tolerance, love and most of all patience. I have such a bad temper! Argh! I can fly off the handle in a heart beat! I hate that about myself.
Many thanks for letting me use one of the Native American proverbs. I so love them and I appreciate you letting me use one of them as a sig. I hope you don't mind if I use one of them on other sites. I should look in one of my many Native American books and see if there are any proverbs in there! ;D Many thanks, Dreamy!
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Post by dreamy on Mar 20, 2006 22:26:11 GMT 10
Oh Rose, patience isn't my strongest point either... #embarrassed#
These proverbs aren't MINE so you may use them when and whereever you want to. Even if it were mine I wouldn't mind. I love them because they always open my eyes to "down-to-earth" and basic truth and they are an enrichment for my own life. Unfortunately modern people often have lost the sense for it.
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Post by desertrose on Mar 22, 2006 16:03:32 GMT 10
Thanks again, Dreamy! The problem has been trying to decide which to use as I love them all, but then you added new ones and this one I need to remember the most! Thanks so much! I look very forward to seeing more from you!
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Post by krystal on Mar 23, 2006 15:30:04 GMT 10
Remember that your children are not your own, but are lent to you by the Creator.
(Mohawk)
ilike this one, i remember my mum telling me my gran said something very similar when her brother died cannot remember the exact words but was so nice and so sad at the same time.
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Post by desertrose on Mar 26, 2006 17:03:18 GMT 10
Oh, I love that one, Krystal! I personally see this to be very true. I had a book of Native American proverbs, but I have it packed away somewhere because I had to make room for......ahem....my romance novels! The thing that fascinates me is the similarities between the Highlanders of Scotland and the Native American people of the Americas. When I started studying Scottish history, I was amazed by the similarities. Do you all find this too?
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