Strength and Wisdom Prayer

O Great Spirit whose voice I hear in the winds,
And whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me.

I am a man before you, one of your many children.
I am small and weak, I need your strength and wisdom.

Let me walk in beauty,
And let my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunsets.
Make my hands respect the many things you have made,
My ears sharp to hear your voice.

Make me wise so that I may know the things you have taught my people,
The lessons you have hidden under every leaf and rock.

I seek strength, O my Creator,
Not to be superior to my brothers,
But to be able to fight my greatest enemy - myself.

Make me ready to return to you with clean hand and a straight eye,
So that when life fades as the setting sun sets
My spirit may come to you without shame.