This is one of my favorite Blessings from John O’Donohue’s book To Bless the Space Between Us. I always read and reflect on this particular Blessing at the new year. I wish you a sweet and spectacular 2020, a “four” year. I always think of the Number 4 as relating to foundations.
Gostica.com says: “The Number 4 is a number of “being”, it is the number that connects mind-body-spirit with the physical world of structure and organization. Four symbolizes the safety and security of home, the need for stability and strength on a solid foundation of values and beliefs. Number 4 is an indication that your angels are offering you love, support, encouragement, and inner strength”.
May you feel your inner strength, the Love you already are, and the support of all your angels, guides and protectors in Spirit. May you feel strongly anchored in a firm foundation of Love in 2020.
A Blessing for the New Year
On the day when
The weight deadens
On your shoulders
And you stumble,
May the clay dance
To balance you.
And when your eyes
Freeze behind
The gray window
And the ghost of loss
Gets into you,
May a flock of colors,
Indigo, red, green
And azure blue,
Come to awaken in you
A meadow of delight.
When the canvas frays
In the curragh of thought
And a stain of ocean
Blackens beneath you,
May there come across the waters
A path of yellow moonlight
To bring you safely home.
May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
May the clarity of light be yours,
May the fluency of the ocean be yours,
May the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a slow
Wind work these words
Of love around you,
An invisible cloak
To mind your life.
— John O’Donohue