A Navajo Prayer

As we embrace a new day. . .

Contra Costa County, California
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A Navajo Prayer

In beauty may I walk.

 

All day long may I walk.

 

Through the returning seasons may I walk.

 

On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.

 

With grasshoppers about my feet may I walk.

 

With dew about my feet may I walk.

 

Planting Fields Arboretum
 Long Island New York

 

With beauty may I walk.

 

With beauty before me may I walk.

 

With beauty behind me may I walk.

 

With beauty above me may I walk.

 

With beauty below me may I walk.

 

With beauty all around me may I walk.

 

In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty,

lively may I walk.

 

In old age, wandering on a trail of beauty

living again may I walk.

 

It is finished in beauty.

 

It is finished in beauty.

 

 

 

Sweet Days of Summer

Summer songs are special because they evoke all that is supremely wonderful about the sizzling season of summertime.

 

When I hear songs that became popular during many of the summers of my today and also of my young adult past, I am instantly transported back to driving in my car with the windows down and the summer air mixing with my hair.  T-shirt, cutoffs, flip flops.  It's all about the essence of summer.

 

I recently was reminded of the special nature of summer songs when I was at a local farmer's market and "Summer Breeze", that oldie but goodie by Seals & Crofts, was nicely delivered through the outdoor speakers for all to enjoy.

 

As you probably suspected, summer is my favorite time of the year and I hold on to every hot second of it.  For now, I am ignoring the school ads and other signals that Fall is getting ready to transition into our calendars.

 

Instead, I am focusing instead on the sweet, sweet, oh so sweet days of summer. . . .

Easy. Breezy. Mellow. Smooth.