Affirmations, Blessings, Prayers and Inspired Ideas for Life's Journey
I like how God feels around
everyone in the world.
God, I am very happy that
I live on you.
Your arms clasp around the world.
I like you and your friends.
Every time I open my eyes
I see the gleaming sun.
I like the animals—the deer,
and us creatures of the world,
the mammals.
I love my dear friends.
—Danu Baxter
This post is an excerpt from Prayers for Calm by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon.
SHELTER OF THE NIGHT
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
PEACE IN EVERY STEP
God be between you and harm in
all the empty places you walk.
—Egyptian Blessing, 1729
This post is an excerpt from Prayers for Calm by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon.
BE FILLED WITH EASE TODAY
May I be filled with loving kindness.
May I be well.
May I be peaceful and at ease.
May I be happy.
—Ancient Buddhist Chant
DEEP RELIEF
Deep relief, that’s what I know I’m needing,
Sweet release from all I’ve locked inside.
A full reprieve from all my fears and worry.
I long to feel the part where love expands my heart
And I no longer need a place to hide.
Move in slow, so I can hear your breathing.
Take my hand so I can know your touch.
Just to be inside this silent stillness—
My heart has no defense to offer up against
The endless ache of opening this much.
I’m on fire, you see it in my face,
I’m alive with the splendor and the grace.
You are welcome to join me in this space
And journey on the quest to love our very best
And live within this intimate embrace.
—Ellen Robinson
This post is an excerpt from Prayers for Calm by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon.
LIVE THE QUESTIONS NOW
Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart
and try to love the questions themselves…
Don’t search for the answers,
which could not be given to you now,
because you would not be able to live them.
And the point is, to live everything.
Live the questions now.
Perhaps then, someday far in the future,
you will gradually, without even noticing it,
live your way into the answer.
—Rainer Maria Rilke
THE DOOR WILL OPEN
Keep on asking,
and you will receive
what you ask for.
Keep on seeking,
and you will find.
Keep on knocking,
and the door
will be opened to you.
—Matthew 7:7
This post is an excerpt from Prayers for Calm by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon.
Come sister, come sing to me.
We are both enlivened by the same spirit,
We are both nurtured by the same earth.
I feel your roots beneath the earth,
beneath me I am in awe of your majesty
Your limbs stretch to the heavens
Letting in just enough light for me to find my own way.
You sing softly to me in the breeze
I am at peace here.
I am home here.
I am safe here.
I am free to think my thoughts and hear your whispers,
“Stay free for me, come sing with me.
We are both enlivened by the same spirit,
We are both nurtured by the same earth.
Come sister, come sing with me.”
—Adrienne O’Hare
This post is an excerpt from Prayers for Calm by Becca Anderson, which can be found at Amazon.
Kindness is Your Super Power 