{"id":156,"date":"2009-09-30T17:13:56","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T17:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourdailyspiritualstimulus\/2009\/09\/wednesdays-blessing-maya-angelou.html"},"modified":"2009-09-30T17:13:56","modified_gmt":"2009-09-30T17:13:56","slug":"wednesdays-blessing-maya-angelou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourdailyspiritualstimulus\/2009\/09\/wednesdays-blessing-maya-angelou.html","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday’s Blessing: Maya Angelou"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here is a beautiful blessing by the great Maya Angelou:<\/font><\/p>\n

Father, Mother, God,
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Thank you for your presence
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during the hard and mean days.
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For then we have you to lean upon.
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Thank you for your presence
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during the bright and sunny days,
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for then we can share that which we have
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with those who have less.
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And thank you for your presence
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during the Holy Days, for then we are able
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to celebrate you and our families
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and our friends.
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For those who have no voice,
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we ask you to speak.
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For those who feel unworthy,
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we ask you to pour your love out
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in waterfalls of tenderness.
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For those who live in pain,
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we ask you to bathe them
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in the river of your healing.
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For those who are lonely, we ask
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you to keep them company.
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For those who are depressed,
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we ask you to shower upon them
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the light of hope.
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Dear Creator, You, the borderless
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sea of substance, we ask you to give to all the
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world that which we need most — Peace.
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~ Maya Angelou<\/font>
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