We give thanks. We give thanks for hope, and that change is possible. We give thanks for this moment, and for our lives.
We give thanks for all that sustains us, for all that is the very ground of our being: for the air, which bathes us night and day: the air, our breath, and the breath of our ancestors, and the breath of the trees and the beasts, the air, which passes through ocean and sky.
We give thanks for the water, which flows in streams and storms and in our bodies, water, which formed a womb with the earth in primordial times, and gave birth to life and to us and to everyone we love.
We give thanks for the fire, burning in the sun, warm energy that dances with water and air, feeds the plants and trees and plankton.
And we give thanks for the earth, our mother, our home. For her nourishing darkness and mountainous strength, for her ageless patience. We give thanks for the earth.
In our gratitude, may we be wise, grounded and strong.
May we love and be loved.
May there be peace in our hearts.
And may we make our lives a blessing upon this world, through our manner of being.
Amen. Peace be with you.
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