Styles of Blessing

A  L  O  H  A !

Museum of the American Indian, Novato

“May the stars carry 

your sadness away, 

may the flowers fill 

your heart with beauty, 

Mr. Bugeia, Miwok Descendant

may hope forever 

wipe away your tears, 

and, above all, may 

silence make you strong.” 

    Chief Dan George

Hawaiian  Kahu

E oʻu mau kiaʻi mai ka pō mai

O my guardians, from remote antiquity

E nānā ʻia mai ka hale o kākou

Watch over our home

Mai luna a lalo

From top to bottom

Mai kahi kihi a kahi kihi

From one corner to the other

Mai ka hikina a ke komohana

From east to west

Mai ka uka a ke kai

From (the side facing) the upland 

to the (side facing the) sea

Mai loko a waho

From the inside to the outside

Kiaʻi ʻia, mālama ʻia

Watch over and protect it

E pale aku i nā hoʻopilikia 

ʻana i ko kākou nohona

Ward off all that may 

trouble our life here

 ʻĀmama, ua noa

ʻĀmama

(the prayer) is freed

      Handy & Pukui 

       1998, 141

Chinese Lion Dancers

"I am grateful for everything 

life has given me, even though 

it’s not all happiness.

Though you haven’t received 

everything you want in life, 

you are blessed enough to 

have all that you need. 

Life is just like a piano. 

White keys represent joy 

while black show sadness. 

As you go through life, 

remember the black keys 

make music too."

     Chinese Saying

The kiss of the breeze,

or the simple benediction

      of a child. . . .

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