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All articles filed in blessing

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Uplifting Finds, Visual Poetry, Tender Blessing

Like the I.C.U. nurse in the breathtaking image, above, we are looking for refreshment, air, and sky. Here’s what we found…

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Benediction for Living a Creative Life, from John O’ Donohue

A reader wrote that she has poet John O’ Donohue’s benediction tacked on her fridge to remind her to “let my work feed and refresh me”. Which is what it does for us, mightily.

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Benediction for an Ordinary Day (John O’Donohue)

Some of the best blessings, benedictions and well-wishes we know can be found in Irish poet John O’Donohue’s book, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom, like this one for an ordinary day.

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Benediction for a New Year on an Ordinary Day (Neil Gaiman)

Every year around the holidays, we publish blessings and benedictions in keeping with the spirit of day. Why not have benedictions for ordinary times?

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mindset poems

We Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, with a Navajo Blessing

A number of cities now observe Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day, in honor of the people who inhabited America before Columbus. We’re mindful of them both, while turning to this Navajo blessing to celebrate a new day.

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A New Year’s Wish from Improvised Life

This print by Marc Johns says it all. For purchase here.

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