Healer’s Prayer
Teach me how to laugh; mother, sister, daughter, friend
That I may keep the joy within
to share with those that have no joy of their own.
Teach me how to weep; that I may understand their pain.
Teach me how to live; mother, sister, daughter, friend
That I may know the light that shines
That I may use it to see truly others’ souls.
Teach me how to die; that I may no-longer fear the darkness.
Teach me how to give; mother, sister, daughter, friend
That I may help those in need
That I may leave all selfish thoughts behind me.
Teach me to receive; that I may survive.
Teach me how to love; mother, sister, daughter, friend
That I may grow in spirit
and, in my turn, teach others to love.
Teach me how to hate; that I may never be tempted to.
My friend, Chris Kaye, posted this today. From his book, ‘Healer’s Journey’. I loved it so I thought I’d share.
Sue Vincent's Daily Echo 
This was wonderful!!
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I thought so too. 🙂
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Sadly, in a profession of healers I don’t know many to whom this prayer would come. The prayer would be more like “May I document enough bullet points to justify the upgraded CPT code in the event of an audit.”
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Having worked within and been subject to the profession, I can agree with you. The system itself limits so many who would care if the paperwork and regulations gave them time. Though there are still some who put people first.
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I give it my best, I can assure you of that.
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Having read the way you write, I can sort of tell that 🙂
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Thanks boss. I appreciate that.
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*chuckles*
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Thoughts worth pondering on. Thanks for sharing them.
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You are welcome, Elizabeth. I just loved it when Chris posted it this morning.
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Reblogged this on The Good, Bad and Ludicrous and commented:
Found this through the WordPress community – my first ever reblog, because a “Like” and comment just weren’t enough!
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Deleted the Reblog post and replaced with this one “http://ballybin.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/the-healers-prayer/” –
The Reblogging of it messed up all the pretty formatting and, to my eye, just ruined some of the aesthetic pleasure of the piece – please forgive and let Chris know – I put links to you and the book “Healer’s Journey” at very top of post!
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that’s lovely.. thank you
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Thanks for visiting me and so happy to find you! My first ever reblog was of this post – beautiful beyond words and needed so much more than just a “Like” and comment –
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Lovely, isn’t it.. and Chris, who wrote this, has gone all bashful 🙂 Thank you for the reblog.. I have just taken great delight in making him blush by telling him 🙂
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That’s what is known as a “Twofer” – two joys for one. Tell him blushing is the Universe’s way of protecting us from becoming arrogant, good-for-nothings – – and that I hope sharing his prayer becomes a daily thing in the WordPress world.
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Oh I shall take great delight in mailing him immediately 🙂
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