Long ago, a dear friend of mine gave me a book called Wrestling with Your Angels by Janet O. Hagberg. I’m not sure if this book ever was a best-seller when it was published back in 1995, but I liked it.
I might not have looked at this book today, if I wasn’t packing it now for the move to our new house. So, that’s one of the benefits of moving things around a bit.
Today, I opened this book to a bookmarked page about using rituals to start our writing. Often, I have found that rituals strengthen my writing, whether personal or business.
This Native American prayer is featured in that book, is one of my favorite prayers that still inspires me after so many years:
O Great Spirit
whose voice I hear in the wind,
and whose breath gives life to all the earth
hear me.
Open me to your will, your grace and your gifts,
Lead me to the peace of your spirit and
the strength of your soul.
I now allow all that is mine by divine right
to be released into the world.
This also happens to be the perfect prayer of gratitude for today’s events. After many months of waiting, we finally closed on our new house today. It’s such a happy day for us!
This prayer reminds me to dedicate our house to something greater than shelter, and to use our hand-made smudge sticks to bless the rooms tomorrow.
Mindful Earthkeeper 