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CHEROKEE LEGEND
Contributed by
lovingcritters
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Tuesday, 8th June 2010 @ 06:11:02 PM in AEST
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"CHEROKEE LEGEND"
Do you know the legend of the Cherokee
Indian youth's rite of passage?
The father takes his young son, blindfolds him,
leaves him alone in the forest to forage.
He must sit on a stump the whole night,
never removing the blindfold
until the rays of the morning's sun shines
through it, cannot cry out nor be consoled.
Once he survives the night, he is a MAN.
He cannot tell the other boys, he must
take his own stand.
Each lad must come into manhood on his own.
The boy was naturally terrified all alone!
He could hear all kinds of noises, he imagined
wild beasts around him.
A human may even do him harm,
his faith grew dim.........
The wind blew the grass and earth, and
shook his stumpy berth
He sat stoically through out the whole night
To be a man this had to happen to be right!
After a horrific night the sun appeared
He removed his blindfold, his manhood neared.
He then discovered his father sitting next to
him protecting him from harm
All night, with his sidearm.
We too are never left all alone, during the day
or entire night.
Our Loving Heavenly Father is always there
beside us, all is all right!
"Throw your burdens upon me and leave them,"
he states....
Broad shoulders has he, don't take your burdens
back, an "Indian Giver" he hates.
I created this story out of love
I can't be certain it's an authentic
Cherokee Legend, but
I loved the theme.
consue
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinions; it is easy in solitude
to live after your own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the
crowd keeps with sweetness the independence of solitude"
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
American Poet, Lecturer and Essayist, 1803-1882)
*Manly Smiles*
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Re: CHEROKEE LEGEND
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by iodinelove on
Tuesday, 8th June 2010 @ 06:18:35 PM AEST
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I like this. Thank you
always, abraham |
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Re: CHEROKEE LEGEND
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by northernlights on
Tuesday, 8th June 2010 @ 10:58:27 PM AEST
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| Outstanding Consue with its content,I have great respect for stories that teach wisdom esp to youth and I whole heartedly respect many of the ways of Native American Indians,the quote at the end is the kind of attitude and way of being that I utterly respect, there is a process of humility that we all can go through when we are in the footsteps of those who have been teaching wisdom passed down from generation to generation. love this writing |
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Re: CHEROKEE LEGEND
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by cashfan1 on
Wednesday, 9th June 2010 @ 02:01:33 AM AEST
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a beautiful piece of writing, so well put together and by the way I love those pictures.
thanks for posting. |
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Re: CHEROKEE LEGEND
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by spud on
Wednesday, 9th June 2010 @ 07:49:25 AM AEST
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Hi Connie,
As I said in the email, don't worry if it's not
entirely authentic - many unauthenticated legends
are born out of at least half-truths. It's a great
story of fear, courage, love, and trust, and it
alludes to one of my pet subjects - the American
Indian.
Tommy
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Re: CHEROKEE LEGEND
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by RAJNANDY on
Thursday, 10th June 2010 @ 06:48:34 AM AEST
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THANKS DEAR FRIEND , ENJOYED READING IT !
Best wishes , - Raj
*** Self promotion portion of comment removed. Self promotion is not allowed at YPDC. *** Moderator_18 June 10, 2010
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Re: CHEROKEE LEGEND
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by fish on
Saturday, 12th June 2010 @ 04:22:10 PM AEST
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this is just beautiful. i naturally love myths and legends, so that anything that has an iota of myth or legend in it marvels me.
i love the way you have presented this poem it is sweet. |
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Re: CHEROKEE LEGEND
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by thebadguy9999 on
Tuesday, 6th July 2010 @ 05:27:26 PM AEST
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| another knock out punch.Loved It |
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