The 2014 prayer and gratitude posts
bear repeating! Last week we reprised the
2013
gratitude posts. This week, it’s same time last year with plenty of
offerings to center and inspire you—to help you say Thank God, Goddess, All
That Is—in many eclectic, multicultural ways.
Prayers and Gratitude
Posts From 2014
Throughout this series, I’m going to
invite you to substitute whatever is comfortable for you when it comes to
describing Higher Power: God, Goddess, All That Is, Spirit, the Universe—or
fill in the blank.
“Bless this day … my path … my human
family.”
“Let me be willing to see the big
picture in all things …”
A poem by Rumi (“Let the beauty of
love be what we do…,” a simple grace and photo that say it all.
“Bless us, Pure Love, and these your
gifts …”
Adapted
from Catholic grace
“I lift my eyes up and open my arms
in thanks …”
“How
wonderful, O Lord, are the works of Your hands!”
“O Great Spirit of
our Ancestors, I
raise my pipe to you.
To your
messengers the four winds, and to Mother Earth who provides …”
…or Other Spiritual Consultations
"Enough” is a feast. ~ Buddhist proverb
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
A two-liner by Abraham Heschel and a
photo that say it all.
“Oh, God, bless this food we are
about to receive …”
How to make every day of the year Thanksgiving by way of
gratitude journals, websites and other tools for cultivating our awareness of
being blessed.
“May I feel safe … happy …”
“Great and Mystery of Life, Creator
of All Things …”
A modified pagan prayer for sending up a series of prayers
to the universe for their highest good. A great finale for group prayer
gatherings.
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