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Cherokee Prayer

So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart

Trouble no one about their religion;<br /> <em>respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yourrs</em>

Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your lifSeek 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

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.<br /> 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 1768-1813