Last night, as I lay awake contemplating so many Things, the books of Irish poet John O'Donohue came to mind: Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong; Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom; and especially, To Bless the Space Between Us. It has been a while since I reached into these books to find words of comfort. It's time. Past due time.
Today, I look in the book of Blessings.
For Equilibrium
Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore,
May the relief of laughter rinse through your soul.
As the wind loves to call things to dance,
May your gravity be lightened by grace.
Like the dignity of moonlight restoring the earth,
May your thoughts incline with reverence and respect.
As water takes whatever shape it is in,
So free may you be about who you become.
As silence smiles on the other side of what's said,
May your sense of irony bring perspective.
As time remains free of all that it frames,
May your mind stay clear of all it names.
May your prayers of listening deepen enough
To hear in the depths the laughter of God.
Amen.
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