New Strength

May the sun bring you new energy by day,

may the moon softly restore you by night,

may the rain wash away your worries,

may the breeze blow new strength into your being.
Apache Blessing

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Elder's Meditation -- Smells Of Morning

Each morning a new sun for a new day arises.
Each morning the sweet perfume from the Mother Earth spreads across the land.
This combination of sun, earth, smell and quiet is a magic door for me to enter to kneel before the Grandfathers.
The sacred time to commune with the Great Spirit.

Oh Great Spirit, I humbly stand

before You along with the new sun,

the Mother Earth and the smells of the morning.

I ask You to direct my thinking today.

Let me live in the silence.

Teach me Your wisdom, Teach me to love my brothers and sisters.

Let me respect the things You have made.

The New Day

Every morning I arise afreshed in Christ my light.
Ancient Christian writers warn against " morning demons": yesterday's worries and grievances returning to poison the new day.

-- revised from Magnificat, June 2007

I realize that all I'm guaranteed in life is today.

The poorest person has no less

and the wealthiest has no more --

each of us has but one day.

What I do with it is my own business,

how I use it is up to me individually.