Blessing

  This trip is a blessing.

Fifth years together is a blessing.

Our family and friends are blessings.   

John O'Donohue in his book of blessings, "To Bless the Space Between us" wrote some words that touch me deeply:

 

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 that is wedded to the energy and excitement of life. This shy inner light is what enables us to recognize and receive our very presence here as blessing. We enter the 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.

I believe our journey for the last fifty plus years is a result of that quiet light we have discovered in each other, in you our family and friends, and in this wondrous world.     In blessing we go.