A wish and a prayer for your coming year, from Donna Knutson, contributor to the mystic poetry collection, “Essential Astonishments.”
Sanctuary
May the coming year bring greater quiet
and confidence to your life.
May there be less striving and more sanctuary, fewer holy heroes and one voice you recognize as your own guiding Light.
May you capture the moments that melt your heart, the boldness that becomes you,
the radiance that shines through your smiling eyes and describes you as belonging to the Holy.
May the woods shelter your wisdom and the sway of the trees bring peace to your resistance.
May you know you are adored
and made in an image that raises you up.
May you have faith to face the Mystery,
the challenges and the chaos on the
authentic path that speaks your name.
May you carry your friends and family lightly
so they, too, may grow.
May you create and follow the one true love
that sets your heart ablaze with the fire of a life everlasting.
And in all of a day,
may you grow stronger and steadier, lighter with laughter,
sound within the peace
that passes all understanding.
—Donna Knutson
Excerpted from “Essential Astonishments: Poetic Reflections for Awakening” by Gina Mazza (November 1, 2023). Available on Amazon and booksellers worldwide. LINK TO ORDER: https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0CLKW8JJ9/
Thanks for the insights.