In respect to our home the Earth we say thank you to the Earth for everything that She gives to us nourishing us every day. We give thanks to all the water in the world everything with in that water. We give thanks to all the grass that lives on the land. We give thanks to all the berries the fruits the medicines. We give thanks to the animals that keep the forest clean. We give thanks to all the trees for their different uses that they give to us. For shelters fires that we make in the winter time keeping us warm. We give thanks to the birds who sing their beautiful sounds. We give thanks to the four winds. We give thanks to the grandfathers the ones that brings the rain. And we give thanks to our oldest brother the sun who shines his light every day. We give thanks to our oldest grandmother the moon for she is the one who has been charged with the duty to make sure that life has a continuance she is the one that watches over all of the movements of the water and also the water with in us. We give thanks to the stars her helper and we give a special Thanksgiving to the four sacred beings that watch over the human family sometimes we noticed them when we are traveling in dangerous places they are the ones that come to our minds and say go around don't go any further so that's what they're there for to protect us steer us away from danger. And so that's what we do we start right from the earth and we climb the ladder right to the special place beyond the heavens where there's a special Spirit that lives there The Spirit that made it possible for us to be here and everything that we have mentioned and so with the collectiveness of our minds and hearts we send a special Thanksgiving and greeting to the great Spirit of us all 🙏🏻 This is the beginning of Joanne Shenandoah—album titled Covenant. It is track one titled Giving Thanks. #JoanneShenandoah #GivingThanks 🙏🏻 #TheEarth 🌏#MotherNature 🌳🌻 #Respect #GrandmotherMoon 🌝#BrotherSun 🌞