Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Wisdom of Life Found in the Native American Proverbs

Have you guys reached the definition of life? Some of you might have already decided or nailed it while most are still working on it. There are sunny days, somber days, funny days, painfully boring days, healthy days and morbid days…..At one moment we fly like a skylark, but the other we fall down in bitterness. We are getting tired of ups and downs full of switcheroos in life, feeling like a ragged cloth in the kitchen. Until the final day, the meaning of life will be constantly processed in every minute, and my primary thoughts on “what it truly is” are also being shaped and molded at the moment. It is too early to despair and give up, because there are many more songs of our lives unsung waiting in store for us.
Today, I would like to share many words of wisdom found in the old saying from Native American culture. These quotes have been excerpted from the book “The Soul Would Have No Rainbow If the Eyes Had No Tears” written by Guy A. Zona.

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future. (by Lumbee tribe)
รณ Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for you.(by Hopi tribe)

Poverty is a noose that strangles humility and breeds disrespect for God and man. (by Sioux tribe)

If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove. (by Cheyenne tribe)

The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears. (by Minquass Tribe)

I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy- myself. (by Tribe unknown)

The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry. (by Omaha tribe)

The smarter a man is the more he needs God to protect him from thinking he knows everything. (by Pima Tribe)

Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way. (by Blackfoot tribe)

It is good to be reminded that each of us has a different dream. (by Crow tribe)

Do not allow anger to poison you. (by Hopi tribe)

Life is as the flash of the firefly in the night, the breath of the buffalo in winter time. (by Blackfoot tribe)


Expressions
to nail something: (verb) to perform or complete something perfectly or impressively

switcheroo: (noun) an unexpected and surprising variation or reversal

to mold: (verb) to give shape to something


noose: (noun) a trap or snare

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