An Irish Blessing: May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back…

An Irish blessing….

~

~

An Irish blessing….a long ago gift from my aunt, a blessing that hangs above the bed, nestled warmly into a scarf, resting upon a textured tapestry of comfort…extending the wishes and blessings to all…loving kindness wishes….combining multiple traditions, numerous cultures, universal wishes…

May we all feel…
happy and contented,
healthy and strong,
safe and protected
and living with ease…

~

May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
The rains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the palm of his hand

~

~

~

~

~

3/17/2013: link to St Patrick’s Day post, 2013, with different images with The Irish Blessing on them:  May the Road Rise to Meet You…. my father’s own Irish heritage

7/31/13: “May the Road Rise to Meet You”  a lovely song, written and sung by Roger McGuinn, formerly of The Byrds

 

~

~

About Pocket Perspectives

A blog about shifting perspectives...
This entry was posted in Loving kindness and tagged , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

6 Responses to An Irish Blessing: May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back…

  1. Many Blessings to as well💚💚💚

    Like

  2. Thank you, Carol….what WONDERFUL green hearts! Blessings abound!

    Away I go now to Oakland, to help out with the truly wonderful Ethiopian and Eritrean women I help with English each week…. may the road rise to meet them… and everyone…. everywhere!

    Like

  3. It is a favourite of mine, that blessing. Just reading or saying the words brings me peace. Have a fabulous green day!

    Like

  4. Yes, saying the blessing seems to induce a lovely and peaceful feeling…. hope you’re having a fabulous day, too!

    Like

  5. Joni says:

    This is one of my favorite poems….thanks for sharing it today!

    Like

I'd love to "hear" your ideas about this....

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.