Sivin Kit's Garden

Friends 2007: A Franciscan Benediction

Thanks Soo Choo for sharing this "Franciscan Benediction" with me during this event.

May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger
at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom, and peace.

May God bless you with tears
to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness
to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.