I loved how this angular glass building
reflected the soft blue sky above last week.
As we all prepare to reflect on our own lives
and the many gifts we’re grateful for
this Thanksgiving,
I thought I’d share a Navajo blessing
I found in the new book “Bless This Food”
by Adrian Butash.
A reminder that being grateful
for the so-called small things in each day
and acknowledging our own roles
in this circle of life
allows us to see how abundant
our lives already are.
“Blessing of the Created World”
All is beautiful,
All is beautiful,
All is beautiful, indeed.
Now the Mother Earth
and the Father Sky,
Meeting, joining one another,
Helpmates ever, they.
All is beautiful,
All is beautiful,
All is beautiful, indeed…
And the white corn
And the yellow corn,
Meeting, joining one another,
Helpmates ever, they.
All is beautiful,
All is beautiful,
All is beautiful, indeed…
Life-that-never-passeth,
Happiness-of-all-things,
Meeting, joining one another,
Helpmates ever, they.
All is beautiful,
All is beautiful,
All is beautiful, indeed.
Now all is beautiful,
All is beautiful,
All is beautiful indeed.
