May Peace Prevail on Earth

May Peace Prevail on Earth

The beautiful prayer below was shared at a Sunday church service by Reverend Ruth MacKenzie. Rev. Ruth traveled to India in January 2015 as a Unitarian human rights witness.

She visited a school, Vidhayak Sansad, where young Dalit girls, who are among the poorest of the poor, were educated. Every morning the girls began their school day by singing this song.

Our Prayer of the Day
This is the dream of my life
May it come true
May the children of human beings
Live with human dignity
May no one sell their bodies
To quell the pangs of hunger,
And may my inner urge ever be
To destroy oppression
May the flowers yet to bloom
Not be trampled underfoot
May every breath I take
Help new flowers to bloom
May I never be weak, vulnerable
And powerless
May I find within myself
The strength to contain storms
The night that has just passed
Was the longest and darkest
Let the emerging rays
Live forever in the huts of the poor
May those who have no food
And no dignity, be my inspiration
May every step I take today
Be in the service of that God
This is my prayer
May it come true
May the children of human beings
Live with human dignity.

It brought tears to my eyes imagining girls from age 4 and up who have experienced hunger, loss, oppression, lack of human dignity, singing this every day at the beginning of their school day!

Gratitude for Ordinary Miracles

And it makes me thankful for ALL the blessings in my life, all the ordinary miracles I often take for granted.

Moss and other ordinary miracles

Moss and other ordinary miracles

Life is a gift worthy of gratitude. Love and light shine out from the most unlikely places.

Today I celebrate the many blessings in my life and send thoughts of light and love especially to the Dalit girls of Vidhayak Sansad.

I give thanks for family, food, shelter, inspiration, doing what I love, beauty, being born a woman in this country and century, and much much more.

How about you? What are you thankful for?

May you walk in beauty.

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Marilyn

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