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Evening benediction

In case you need one

Jessica Kantrowitz

15 Mar 2023
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Evening benediction

Peace to your knotted muscles
hunched shoulders
aching back, sore feet

Peace to the place
between your eyebrows
that cramps from frowning

Peace to the injury
that will not heal because
you can’t afford to rest

Peace to your heart
that beats
too hard
and too sad
sometimes

Peace.

from 365 Days of Peace: Benedictions to End Your Day in Gentleness and Hope


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