I wanted to post something a little bit different, I think this is an interesting read...
Cherokee Right of Passage by Duane Silver
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.
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