Blessing the Way

With every step you take,

this blessing rises up to meet you.

It has been waitng long ages for you.

Look close and you can see the layers of it,

how it has been fashioned by those who walked this road before you,

how it has been created of nothing but their determination and their dreaming, how it has taken its form from an ancient hope

that drew them forward and made a way for them when no way could be seen.

Look closer and you will see

this blessing is not finished,

that you are part of the path it is preparing,

that you are how this blessing means to be a voice within the wilderness

and a welcome for the way.

© Jan Richardson

http://adventdoor.com/2011/12/01/advent-2-blessing-the-way/