A New Year’s Prayer

Written on January 1, 2024

As I step into this new year, may I be kind and gentle to all, including myself. May I make time for my soul to play and to run free. May my tendency to make snap judgments about myself, others, organizations and situations, soften. May I live with more spaciousness. May I hold the possibility of magic in any moment close to my heart. May I embrace my love of mystery, rather than the certainty of knowledge. May I always leave a door and a window open for old grievences to leave, and for new possibilities to enter. May I lean into unknowing as a daily practice. May I smile more. May I honor my embodiment in this world of the ten thousand things. And may I extend grace to myself and others, again and again and again, as we lose our way, only to find it again at the next turn. May it be so!