These words. Like a soothing bubble bath for your soul.
Beannacht, the Gaelic Word for Blessings
by John O'Donohue
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 in to 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 curragh 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 protection 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.
When you are grieving, don't demand gratitude of yourself. Feel that sadness. Feel that loss. Feel the emptiness. Just feel it all. And breath. And treat yourself kindly.
But don't cling to any of these feelings. Know that they will not be forever. Be open to feeling them. Be open to releasing them. And be open to the possibility of a moment of delight here and there, too.
And when your eyes freeze behind the gray window and the ghost of loss gets in to you, may a flock of colors, indigo, red, green, and azure blue, come to awaken in you a meadow of delight.
~John O’Donohue
What are you delighted by, even now?
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