The following picture hangs on the wall in the entrance to my home. It is quite old. Actually, it was a page from an old calendar that reached out and touched me, so I could not let it go. Aside from the wonderful picture, it was the first calendar hubby and I ever hung in our home. So I framed it and made sure it had a prominent place in my household ever since.
In beauty may I walk
All day long may I walk
Through the returning seasons may I walk
Beautifully I will possess again
Beautifully birds
Beautifully joyful birds
On the trail marked with pollen may I walk
With grasshoppers about my feet may I walk
With dew about my feet may I walk
With beauty may I walk
With beauty before me may I walk
With beauty behind me may I walk
With beauty above me may I walk
With beauty all around me may I walk
In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty,
lively, may I walk
In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty,
living again, may I walk
It is finished in beauty
It is finished in beauty
Anonymous
The Navajo Nightway is a long healing ritual which both physical and spiritual health. The Nightway is considered by some tto be the most powerful ceremony in that it is believed to contain the combined power of all other ceremonies.
Very beautiful and powerful.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite chants is "Now I walk in beauty."
ReplyDeletethank you for sharing with us, this picture, which is so important to you.
ReplyDeleteThe Navajo tribe is one of the most spiritual tribes out there and it doesn't surprise me that you are attracted to their way of life and art. I love that picture.
ReplyDeleteGood evening Mary.....sorry I have been MIA.....just wanted to say that poem is so lovely. and the word "beauty \" is used so many time....ahhh
ReplyDeletebeauty.......the Universe gave us this gift...although we often do not see it surrounding us.
Have a good rest of the week.
Jo