For many people I care about—and for me as well—2022 was a rough year. So while I’d happily slip Naomi Shihab Nye’s “Burning the Old Year” into the box each last week of December, I felt like we could all use a blessing to see us into 2023. Here’s one from the late Irish poet and philosopher, John O’Donohue. On the reverse is his “Beannacht: A Blessing for the New Year” for good measure.
Happy New Year to all!
“May all that is unforgiven in you
Be released.
May your fears yield
Their deepest tranquilities.
May all that is unlived in you
Blossom into a future,
Graced with love.”
