Short story: Chief Living Cloud kept living, even after his death.

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Great Chief Living Cloud, was an American Indian chief, who lived for his people, not for himself. He said that, the Indian lived not for his own life, but for the ongoing life of the world. Then he added, rather philosophically, "When you live only for your own life, all is lost, but when you live to be a part of the world, all lives then forever, contributed within the world, where nothing is ever lost, as once actioned, the action has permanently affected all, and so the effect goes on rippling, in the all, forever." "We do not want the riches of this world, though, we only want to ensure that peace, love, and honour, live in all, and live in the World, forever too." "We need to hold onto our vision." "A man with vision reaches the clouds, before he is rained upon. We do not lose heart in our land, as we give it extra heart." "For the white man, life is largely a waste of time." "All of their outer writing will be lost one day, as they have the point in it, pointing in the wrong direction. Their dreams are lost, during their lifetimes." "Their writing, their memories, and finally their life itself is lost too." "Whereas to us Indians, our lands sustain us, even in our deaths. We keep living, and the land keeps us alive, in itself." "The land has no death song, until you teach it one, by your ways." Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Nobody rained on the truths of Chief Living Cloud. His truths lived too deeply within him, to be drowned out in that way.