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A Blessing for the New Year
On the day when The weight deadens On your shoulders And you stumble, May the clay dance To balance you. And when your eyes Freeze behind The gray window And the ghost of loss Gets into you, May a flock of colors, Indigo, red, green And azure blue, Come to awaken in you A meadow of delight. When the canvas frays In the curragh1 of thought And a stain of ocean Blackens beneath you, May there come across the waters A path of yellow moonlight To bring you safely home. May the nourishment of the earth be yours, May the clarity of light be yours, May the fluency of the ocean be yours, May the presence of the ancestors be yours. And so may a slow Wind work these words Of love around you, An invisible cloak To mind your life. ~ John O'Donohue 1. (Irish/Scottish) a small round boat made of wickerwork covered with a watertight material, propelled with a paddle (also spelled: currach)
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 Image by Comfreak from Pixabay Happy New Year 2021!
There is much to do as we begin to recover from 2020. I thought long and hard about what I wanted to focus on this year. From my files I found the Blessing that sparked my desire to renew my commitment: Climate Blessing We hold the Earth. We hold sisters and brothers who suffer from storms and droughts intensified by climate change. We hold all species who suffer. We hold world leaders delegated to make decisions for life. We pray that the web of life may be mended through courageous actions to limit carbon emissions. We pray for right actions for adaptation and mitigation to help our already suffering earth community. We pray that love and wisdom might inspire my action and our actions as communities so that we may, with integrity, look into the eyes of brothers and sisters and all beings and truthfully say we are doing our part to care for them and the future of the children. May love transform us and our world with new steps toward life." (From Interfaith Power and Light www.newyorkipl.org) May you all have a healthy and safe New Year. Love you. Rev. Anwol |
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