Short story: An American Indian story, on life, and living it naturally

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Chief Half-Eye, of the Sioux tribe, was so named because he always had one eye open in spirit, and the other in the world. Half of his sight, mind, and heart, were always attached to the spiritual side of things, while the other half remained in touch with day-to-day life. "Learn from life by keeping insight open to both worlds," he would say. And here are more of his sayings. "Knowledge can be built on, but wisdom does the building." "Your mind might ask the questions, but it is your heart that should answer them." "When a man lives in his mind alone, he cuts off his heart, and soul." "Never allow the fear of living to enter your heart from your mind. Keep fear out of your heart of love." "Each person has a purpose given to them by the great spirit. Remind yourself that foxes do not ever need to try to be rabbits." "God has given you a heart, do not replace it with another." "If you disunite yourself with nature, you disunite yourself with God." "When you follow white man's laws, you distance yourself from God's laws. Man's laws are changeable, God's laws stay the same." "Our lives are only on loan from our creator. We should live them with his interests in mind." "An animal has its nature, which it does not move away from, but man enters any sort of nature, with his own bent of that nature, which more often destroys it, than builds it up by adding to it, as all of other nature does." Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Great Chief Half-Eye had full vision in his eyes.