The Grass Doctor

Question for Native American Indians (or anyone)..can you explain this quote?

How would you analyze this quote? What do you think its meaning is? “What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset."

Public Comments

1. i'm like 1/8 native amarican or something like that but this is just a quote explaining his view of life
2. It is just a poem someone wrote, it has no signifigance whatsoever. It is what is called Ancient Propaganda.
3. life is fast, enjoy it. (fireflies move fast. breath in the winter goes away quickly. shadows loose themselves in the sunset... all fast.)
4. I think this means that life is short and fragile. As elusive as a breath. Also in the grander scheme of things it is but a small part of all that is.
5. Well it sounds like it's saying life is living things. It's not the man-made inanimate objects. You find true meaning in nature because it has all the answers, things which google and Y!A cannot tell us. Its hard to explain but it's like a transcendentalist thing.
6. I'm part Native.. by which I mean by great-great grandma was. So I haven't grown up in that culture or anything. But I would say it's saying life is in the details, the little things. It doesn't have to be big & dramatic to be beautiful or magical. Don't miss out on amazing things, because you're looking for the "biggest, best" thing. I honestly think that's a beautiful quote (and that is not something I say everyday).
7. "These are living phenomenon' experience's that we can't touch, feel, or catch, but we know they are real by the energy and power that excites us when it happens in us as we waken the beauty in our own spirit about life" jiiniikwe
8. Life is short...