Books like The Wind Is My Mother

Great book about the life of an Native American Indian who was a Shaman. This book is really inspiring on lots of levels; Bear Heart explains about his life, the link that the Native Americans had with nature, his learnt wisdom, his love of the 'Great Spirit', and really is a good source of knowledge and wisdom for all walks of life. It is a profound autobiography, and I learnt a lot about understanding towards others, forgiveness, respecting nature and that 'everything and everyone' has a purpose in life; we all follow our own directions in life and what we do with our lives is as important as others, no matter their background. Bear Heart also suffered loss in his life - he lost both his natural son and his adopted son, and his loss made him much the wiser and forgiving. I believe it is an important autobiography, not only as a small insight into Native American ways and their beliefs, but also could be used as a method of understanding and respecting nature in our modern society, which Bear Heart believes that we have become so out of tune with today. It is really inspiring, so much so that I went back to the first page straight after I finished it to re-read. It is that powerful.