Gratitude to Mother Earth, sailing through night and day – and to her soil, rich, rare and sweet in our minds so be it
Gratitude to Plants, the sun-facing light-changing leaf and fine root-hairs; standing still through wind and rain; their dance is in the flowing spiral grain in our minds so be it
Gratitude to Air, bearing the soaring Swift and the silent Owl at dawn, Breath of our song clear spirit breeze in our minds so be it
Gratitude to Wild Beings, our brothers, teaching secrets, freedoms and ways, who share with us their milk; self-complete, brave and aware in our minds so be it
Gratitude to Water: clouds, lakes, rivers, glaciers, holding or releasing, streaming through all our bodies salty seas in our minds so be it
Gratitude to the Sun: blinding pulsing light through trunks of trees, through mists, warming caves where bears and snakes sleep – he who wakes us in our minds so be it
Gratitude to the Great Sky, who holds billions of stars – and goes yet beyond that – beyond all powers and thoughts and yet is within us – Grandfather Space
The Mind is his Wife.
So be it.