Native American Wisdom | The Girl & Boy Scouts of America




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Summary: <p>Listen to episode 189 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Native American Wisdom | The Girl &amp; Boy Scouts of America. Adapted from Indian Scout Talks: A Guide for Boy Scouts &amp; Camp Fire Girls by Charles Eastman.</p><br> <p><strong> Inspirational Podcast Excerpt</strong>: <em>To be in harmony with nature, one must be true in thought, free in action, and clean in body, mind, and spirit. This is the solid granite foundation of character. </em></p><br> <p><em>Have you ever wondered why most great men and women were born in humble homes and passed their early youth in the open country? There a child is accustomed to see the sun rise and set every day; there the rocks and trees are personal friends; the child’s geography is born with them, for they carry a map of the region in their head. </em></p><br> <p><em>In civilization, there are many deaf ears and blind eyes. Because the average child in the town has been deprived of close contact and intimacy with nature; what they have learned from books they soon forget, or are unable to apply. All learning is a dead language to the student who gets it second hand. </em></p><br> <p><em>It is necessary that you should live with nature, my friends, if only that you may verify to your own satisfaction your schoolroom lessons. Further than this, you may be able to correct some error, or even to learn something that will be a real contribution to the sum of human knowledge. That is by no means impossible to a sincere observer.</em></p><br> <p><strong>Related Inspirational Podcasts</strong>:</p><br> <p><a title="Wild Love" href="http://podcast.livinghour.org/e/seeing-god-in-nature-wild-love/">Seeing God in Nature</a></p><br> <p><a title="Love of Nature &amp; Wisdom" href="http://podcast.livinghour.org/e/the-importance-of-poetry-wanderlust-nature/">Wanderlust, Poetry &amp; Nature</a></p>