May I live this day
Compassionate of heart,
Clear in word,
Gracious in awareness,
Courageous in thought,
Generous in love. -From John O’Donahue’s blessings
Zen poets talk about the moments when the writing reveals something spiritual, a voice from another room, or the wind maybe, or even the dog speaking with her eyes– and that just happened to me as I re-wrote this little blessing for you this morning. (Thank you!) As I looked at O’Donahue’s book, weighing the pages open with my phone, I typed, “May I love this day” as the first line. I didn’t notice until proof reading it, and then I corrected it, since those are my words (or whomever’s…) not his. But I kind of like that Angelic switch — don’t you?
May you love this day while you live it. (Or at least a few moments of it.)