FLOWERS,FLOWERS & FLOWERS
There is a quiet light
that shines in every heart.
It draws no attention to itself,
though it is always secretly there.
It is what illuminates
our minds to see beauty,
our desire to seek possibility,
and our hearts to love life.
Without this subtle quickening
our days would be empty and wearisome,
and no horizon would ever awaken our longing.
Our passion for life is quietly
sustained from somewhere in us
welded to the energy
and excitement of life.
This shy inner light is what enables us to recognize
and receive our very presence here as a blessing.
We enter a world as strangers
who all at once become heirs
to a harvest of memory, spirit,
and dream that has long
preceded us and will now
enfold, nourish, and sustain us.
The gift of the world
is our first blessing.
~ John O'Donohue ~
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We thank you Lord God,
for the beauty of creation,
for family and friends,
and all the blessings
of this life.
Amen.