To Bless The Space Between Us

Tim O'Brien: A Mountaineer Is Always Free

For Equilibrium, a Blessing:
Like the joy of the sea
coming home to shore,
May the relief of laughter
rinse through your soul.
As the wind loves
to call things to dance,
May your gravity
be lightened by grace.
Like the dignity of moonlight
restoring the earth,
May your thoughts incline
with reverence and respect.
As water takes
whatever shape it is in,
So free may you be
about who you become.
As silence smiles on
the other side of what's said,
May your sense of irony
bring perspective.

As time remains free
of all that it frames,
May your mind stay clear
of all it names.
May your prayer of listening
deepen enough
to hear in the depths
the laughter of god.

--John O'Donohue
To Bless the Space Between Us