As fall settles in and cold weather appears,
We seek places of warmth, places of comfort.
Amid the absurdities and atrocities of our world,
We seek places of truth and healing.
In the noisiness of screaming discord and hatred,
We seek places of quiet and compassion.
Let us take a moment of silence to sense among us
The warmth, comfort, truth, healing, quiet and compassion
That we long for and need.
May each breath bring us closer to warmth in the cold.
May each breath bring us closer to healing in the face of pain.
May each breath bring us closer to compassion that overwhelms fear.
And may we breathe in peace and breathe out love, now and always,
Amen!
