A Blessing for Today

A Blessing for today...not just A day, but Your day

May you wake with a sense of play, an exultation of the possible,
May you rest without guilt, satisfied at end of a day well done.
May all the rough edges be smoothed, when to smooth is to heal,
And the edges be left rough, when the unpolished is more interesting
Or honorable as a pot of soup.
May you find forgiveness from the past, which cannot be changed
And wisdom that comes only with an unchangeable past.
May you wear your years like a well-tailored coat
Or a brave sassy scarf
And may every year yet to come, be one more bright button
Sewn on a hat you wear at a tilt.
May the deep friendships you’ve sown grown tall as summer corn.
May all that is shining and momentary rise into the air
Sending seeds into the wind like wild dandelion fluff.
And may you embrace This day,
Not just as A day,
But as Your day,
Held in trust
a wild and grateful
Now.

-carrie newcomer