31 Prayers for January 2021

1. 1. 1. 1. May my thoughts, words and actions
            align with the deeper love
            that always sustains me.
            
            
         2. May I freely offer all I have
            in each moment
            with no expectation of return.
            
            
         3. May my feet be guided
            by the immeasurable love
            that fills universe.
            
            
         4. May I dance freely
            wherever I find myself.
            
            
         5. May I laugh and cry
            without restraint.
            
            
         6. May I give myself away
            in service of love,
            again and again.
            
            
         7. May I find
            the courage to ask
            for what I really want.
            
            
         8. May I follow whatever is alive
            with curiosity and irreverence.
            
            
         9. May I be willing to be ridiculous
            in service of awakening
            all beings (including myself).
            
            
         10. May I be
             an instrument
             of Peace.
             
             
         11. May I delight in
             small things.
             
             
         12. May I be comfortable
             being uncomfortable.
             
             
         13. May I allow each person I encounter
             to be who they already are and
             may I learn what they have to teach me.
             
             
         14. May I freely give
             and freely receive.
             
             
         15. May I treasure the rising
             and the falling
             of each moment.
             
             
         16. May I fall down
             to the earth
             again and again.
             
             
         17. May I be a comfort
             to those around me.
             
             
         18. May I be willing to disturb
             those around me
             in service of
             awakening truth.
             
             
         19. May I joyfully admit my mistakes
             (even the small ones)
             with embarrassment and humility.
             
             
         20. May I delight in my accomplishments,
             knowing they do not belong to me.
             
             
         21. May I wander widely
             and smile often.
             
             
         22. May I never forget
             how briefly
             we are all here.
             
             
         23. May I remember that
             these are
             ‘the good old days’.
             
             
         24. May I be foolish often
             and apologize rarely.
             
             
         25. May I learn
             from all
             my mistakes.
             
             
         26. May I be ever braver and bolder.
             
             
         27. May my wisdom
             and my blindness
             lead others
             to awakening.
             
             
         28. May I continually abandon
             all that comes
             between me and Life.
             
             
         29. May I serve Life
             with joy and delight.
             
             
         30. May I ask for help
             and really mean it.
             
             
         31. May the ten thousand
             joys and sorrows of life
             course through me
             like a river in full flood.