In this fragile frontier-place, your kindness
Becomes the light that consoles the broken-hearted,
Awakens within desperate storms
That oasis of serenity that calls
The spirit to rise from beneath the weight of pain,
To create a new space in the person’s mind
Where they gain distance from their suffering
And begin to see the invitation
To integrate and transform it.

May you embrace the beauty in what you do
And how you stand like a secret angel
Between the bleak despair of illness
And the unquenchable light of spirit
That can turn the darkest destiny towards dawn.

May you never doubt the gifts you bring;
Rather, learn from these frontiers
Wisdom from your own heart
May you come to inherit
The blessings of your kindness
And never be without care and love

John O’Donohue, Irish poet and philosopher

Sometimes our light goes out
but is nurtured into flame
by another human being.
Each of us owes deepest thanks
to those who have rekindled this light. 

–Albert Schweitzer

I believe each of us can bless. When a blessing is invoked, it changes the atmosphere.
Some of the plenitude flows into our hearts from the invisible neighborhood of loving kindness.
In the light and reverence of blessing, a person or situation becomes illuminated in a completely new way.

~John O’Donohue

Offered by Liz Sorensen Wessel
Artwork by Liz