Gratitude to Mother Earth, sailing through night and day–
and to her soil: rich, rare, and sweet
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to Plants, the sun-facing light-changing leaf
and fine root-hairs; standing still through wind
and rain; their dance is in the flowing spiral grain
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to Air, bearing the soaring Swift and the silent
Owl at dawn. Breath of our song
clear spirit breeze
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to Wild Beings, our sisters, teaching secrets,
freedoms and ways; who share with us their milk;
self-complete, brave, and aware
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to Water: clouds, lakes, rivers, glaciers;
holding or releasing; streaming through all
our bodies’ salty seas
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to the Sun: blinding pulsing light through
trunks of trees, through mists, warming caves where
bears and snakes sleep–he who wakes us–
in our minds so be it.
Gratitude to the Great Sky
who holds billions of stars–and goes yet beyond that–
beyond all powers, and thoughts
and yet is within us–
Grandfather Space.
The Mind is his Wife
So be it.
~ Gary Snyder
(after a Mohawk prayer)
Poem from: The Sacred Landscape, Written & Compiled by Fredric Lehrman.
Images:1) Revolution,by Jason Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0, 2) Sunset, by Jérémy Sauterel, CC BY 2.0, 3) Barred Jungle Owlet, by Sandeep Gangadharan , CC BY 2.0, 4) Deer by diapicard, CCO Public Domain, 5) Sea and Rocks, by John Fowler, CC BY 2.0, 6) Wald im Naturpark Taunus, By Thelittlethings Love, CC BY-SA 3.0, 7) also Featured image, Amazing Paradise, Zion’s Virgin River Canyon. by cpo57, CC BY 2.0. (All edited and logo added)
Beautiful. Forwarding to Sacred Stone. ?
Deborah,
1st my apologies for this delayed response .. we are juggling many things and remain behind on keeping up with email/comments 🙁
Thanks for your kind words … and for stopping by.
With gratitude,
Sanjiv
Beautiful expression of gratitude resonating deeply in the heart ???
Heather,
1st my apologies for this delayed response .. we are juggling many things and remain behind on keeping up with email/comments ?
Your kind words are much appreciated.
Thanks for dropping by.
With gratitude,
Sanjiv
It was lovely to find this in my inbox! We need to be reminded sometimes,
Indeed, Irene, such reminders are wonderful!
Thanks for stopping by.
In gratitude,
Sanjiv
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Sandeep,
All 7 images on this post are fully credited including the specific CC license.
And that is also true for any other images used on the site.
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Please let us know if you found some and we’ll correct that error.
Namaste’
Sanjiv