When fear lodges in your throat
When anxiety crouches at your feet
When the monster of what if sits on you chest
May you stay present to what is, not catastrophizing
When you are holding on to the end of your rope
When you cannot see a path forward, a way through
May you refuse to assign meaning or outcomes in the messy middle
When you feel the heat and destruction of the raging wildfire
When you are drowning in the crash of the tsunami surge
When you are toppled by the violent winds of the hurricane
May find your anchor and hold tightly
In the heartbreaking pain of separation and loss and grief and death (after death and death)
May you close your eyes and receive the gift of rest
In the failure, disappointment, misunderstanding and closed doors
May hope slip between, a hedge of protection around your heart
In the loneliness and isolation
May you have comfort
In the midst of the devastating and extraordinary
May you have the strength to do the ordinary and daily
As you crawl through the now to the next…
May peace encircle you
And may you be held by the arms that are able to hold what you cannot