For your heart. I don’t know the original author, having heard it at Spring Hill in the ‘80s, and having  read it  in works connected to Jon Kabat Zin, Jack Kornfield, and Thich Nat Hanh. I share it here in what is probably an often-revised version. It holds a simple rhythm  and message that can comfort in this very unsettling time.

A Metta Meditation

May I be filled with loving-kindness.

May I be well in body and mind.

May I be peaceful and at ease.

May I be happy.

May I be happy.

 

May You be filled with loving-kindness.

May You be well in body and mind.

May You be peaceful and at ease.

May You be happy.

May You be happy.

 

May All be filled with loving-kindness.

May All be well in body and mind.

May All be peaceful and at ease.

May All be happy.

May All be happy.

Ethel Lee-Miller blogs regularly about people, the power of words, and the writing life. She’s retired from professional writing gigs after 30 years of teaching, coaching, editing, and gathering writers to publicly share their work. She is the author of Thinking of Miller Place, and Seedlings, Stories of Relationships. In retirement she’s writing to inspire, to connect with folks, and for the pure enjoyment of it.