FLOWERS,FLOWERS & FLOWERS 

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 
welded to the energy 

and excitement of life.

This shy inner light is what enables us to recognize 
and receive our very presence here as a blessing.

We enter a 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.

~ John O'Donohue ~ 

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We thank you Lord God,
for the beauty of creation,
for family and friends,
and all the blessings
of this life.
Amen.