Always We Begin Again

Each Day

At the beginning of each day,

after we open our eyes

to receive the light

of that day,

As we listen to the voices

and sounds

that surround us,

We must resolve to treat each hour

as the rarest of gifts,

and be grateful

for the consciousness

that allows us to experience it,

recalling in thanks

that our awareness is a present

from we know not where,

or how, or why.

When we rise from sleep let us rise for the joy

of the true Work that we will be about

this day,

and considerately cheer one another on.

Life will always provide matters for concern.

Each day, however, brings with it reasons for

joy.

Each day carries the potential

to bring the experience of heaven;

have the courage to expect good from it.

Be gentle with this life,

and use the light of life

to live fully in your time.

Taken from Always We Begin Again