Hi Myrna,
That's no problem at all. I just want to Thank You for continuing to bring this wonderful Thread to us and honoring our Native American Brothers & Sisters.
I am also quite fond of that particular Commercial. I actually have a Print of the Painting of Iron Eyes Cody, "The Crying Indian", that one of our local Artists, Bob Timberlake, did to benefit "Keep America Beautiful".
Since it's Mother's Day, in tribute, here's "Mother", by the adopted son of Iron Eyes Cody, Native American flautist, Robert "Tree" Cody...
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And a Poem to our "Mother", Mother Earth...
Earth Teach Me to Remember
by John Yellow Lark
Earth teach me stillness
as the grasses are stilled with light.
Earth teach me suffering
as old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me humility
as blossoms are humble with beginning.
Earth Teach me caring
as the mother who secures her young.
Earth teach me courage
as the tree which stands alone.
Earth teach me limitation
as the ant which crawls on the ground.
Earth teach me freedom
as the eagle which soars in the sky.
Earth teach me resignation
as the leaves which die in the fall.
Earth teach me regeneration
as the seed which rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself
as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember kindness
as dry fields weep in the rain.
Ute, North American
Have A Bright & Beautiful Weekend,
Phil
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