Cherokee Rite of Passage > > Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian youth's rite of passage? > > His father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone. > > He is required to sit on a stump the whole night and not remove the > blindfold until the rays of the morning sun shine through it. He > cannot cry out for help to anyone. > Once he survives the > night, he is a MAN. > > He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, because each lad > must come into manhood on his own. > The boy is naturally terrified. He can hear all kinds of noises. Wild > beasts must surely be all around him. Maybe even some human might do > him harm. The wind blew the grass and earth, and shook his stump, but > he sat stoically, never removing the blindfold. It would be the only > way he could become a man! > > Finally, after a horrific night the sun appeared and he removed his > blindfold. It was then that he discovered his father sitting on the > stump next to him. He had been at watch the entire night, protecting > his son from harm. > > We, too, we are never alone. Even when we don't know it, our Heavenly > Father is watching over us, sitting on the stump beside us. When > trouble comes, all we have to do is reach out to Him. > > If you liked this story, pass it on.
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