We take time now, as we are gathered here together
to make space for whatever we are feeling in this moment,
to make space for sorrows as well as joys, failures as well as triumphs,
to make space for those things that we are dreading
as well as those things we look forward to with joy,
to make space for harsh truth and grieving as well as hope,
to make space for not just our own feelings and experiences
but also for the feelings and experiences of others.
Let us pause for a moment of silence to consider this moment
and all that we bring to it, on our own and with others.
May we take time to feel what we are feeling
throughout this busy holiday season.
May we make space for all that is present,
both the seen and the unseen.
And may we create time and space
for beathing in this moment
and in all the moments of our lives,
now and always, Amen!
