Share the Joy Thursday: Prayers and Beauty
There's a prayer called the Metta Prayer that's part of the meditation practice of a spiritual community headquartered in Boise that some dear people I know are involved in. There's so much heart in this prayer and it's so acutely relevant in these troubled times that it fills me with JOY to share it: May all beings have fresh, clean water to drink. May all beings have food to eat. May all beings have a home. May all beings have someone to share love with. May all beings know their true purpose. May all beings be well and happy. May all beings be free from suffering. Today I shall do what I can to make this so. It brings me JOY to think of the energetic shifts that would occur if each of us said this prayer every day, as often as we think of it and for each of us to put our words into action. It brings me JOY to share my light and see the light in you. It brings me JOY to create photographs and works of art that might touch someone's heart. I...