There was a blessing sent to me by my friend Tracy Burhans that I carry with me in my purse. It has brought me comfort with my challenges but maybe if we just change the words a little bit it could apply to all of us.
When the reverberations of shock subside in you,
May Grace come to restore you to balance.
May it shape a new space in your heart
To embrace this illness (tragedy) as a teacher
Who has come to open your life to new worlds
May you find yourself
A Courageous hospitality
Towards what is difficult, painful and unknown
May you learn to use this illness (tragedy)
As a lantern to illuminate
The new qualities that will emerge in you.
May the fragile harvesting of this slow light
Help to release whatever has become false in you.
May you trust this light to clear a path
Through all the fog of old unease and anxiety
Until you feel arising within you a tranquility
Profound enough to call the storm to stillness
May you keep faith with your body (the human race)
Learning to see it as a holy sanctuary
Which can bring the night around gradually
Toward the healing and freedom of dawn
May your (our) presence shine a light in the world.
beautiful.
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