Native
American tradition
According to Jamie Sams and David Carson, who collected
Native American tales from elders in the Choctaw, Lakota, Seneca, Aztec,
Yaqui, Cheyenne, Cherokee, Iroquois, and Mayan traditions, Swans represented
“Grace”.
Swan tells Dragonfly in legend,
“I learned to surrender my body to
the power of Spirit and was taken to where the future lives.
I saw many wonders
high on Sacred Mountains and because of my faith and my acceptance
I have
been changed.
I have learned to accept the state of grace.” Swan is the bird
who may enter the Dreamtime and bring back knowledge and healing to the tribe.
Swan medicine “teaches us to be at one with all planes of consciousness,
and to trust in Great Spirit’s protection.”
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Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of this: "Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."