Generosity
Compassion and gratitude
and loving kindness
Source of all blessings
You bless us with shelter,
physical, emotional, mental, spiritual
when the winds of the world beat down
when the storms of plague steal into the night
looking for us.
May I recognize God’s hand
May I grasp Your divine arm,
Take Your embrace
as I weep for loss
and also cry out with joy
for the unearned
gifts in my life.
Thank you for giving me this
container, God,
within which all my weaknesses
and strengths
swirl round
remolding me
continually
through time, trial, and error.
May I continue
over the rest of my life
to learn more
to do better
to be better
in this crucible
of life and death.
To be more generous
to develop more compassion
to be more grateful
and to share more loving kindness.*
*Thanks to Br. David Steindl-Rast for the inspiration and the format for this, from his wonderful book, 99 Blessings.
The Profound Bartender 