A Song of Healing

By Joaquina Cante

A Song of Healing

“I am a spiritual being in a divine universe.

All events and lessons in life are for my benefit.

I have reverence and gratitude for all that is.

I am quiet, still, and calm, while retaining presence of mind.

I use all perceived adversity to gain strength.

I choose to walk the Red Road of goodness.

I ask and allow the Great Spirit that moves in all things to move

through and with me, for illumination on the path.

I am one with this universal spirit of healing energy.

I accept the healing, compassion, and love received and share

it with all creation in heaven and earth. To the winged

ones, the two-and four-legged, Grandmother Earth and Grandfather Sky.

I am a positive participant in the circle of life.

I walk the medicine wheel with all my relations.”

Mitakuye Oyasin

~ Roger Thunderhands Gilbert from Listen to the Wind Speak from the Heart

Walking a spiritual path is a responsibility that we take on willingly. Understanding life is no longer just about ourselves and what we want, rather, we become a part of the whole moving in unison together towards one common goal. “What is that goal?”, you ask. To become better human beings with more love, compassion, patience for ourselves and for others. Above all, I have learned from my teachers to Be Happy.

As easy as this sounds, it can one of the most challenging things we do in our lifetime. There is interference from so many places that prevent us from being happy, connected, and in love. Identify those things that distract you: TV, addictions, social media, news outlets, toxic relationships, and whatever else you can identify in your life that is holding you back. Come into right relation with these things, purify your mind-body-spirit-soul and re-connect with your true nature. This is the wish of all prayers, mantras, and medicine songs for all living beings. They are the sacred thread that connects all of life, as one, to source.

What will you do today? I hope you will walk with your prayer in your heart. I hope you will sing to the Earth in gratitude for the life she gives us. I hope you will tell someone in your life you love them. I hope you love yourself. I hope you will be happy today.

~ Joaquina Cante