Blessing of the New Year

May a sheen of tenderness sift through any shards of travail
and stones of disappointment as you travel your roads this year.

May a mysterious force of kindness sustain and nourish you

in ways that surprise, soften, and replenish you often in body,

mind and soul.

May you come to know the joy and freedom of relinquishment

when you see clearly what no longer serves you, and when

the time arrives to let it go, you allow something deep

within to let go.

May you be seized often by the power and spirit of playfulness

in the large and small moments of your living, doing and breathing

with all the creatures that you meet.

May the days of your being and nights of your becoming

know goodness and hope that flow from a well of strength

into the marrow of your bones this year and throughout

all your life long.