Prayer for Yourself and The World

Balanced Mind with Julie Potiker

In this guided meditation you will focus on peace, love, and compassion. Julie Potiker competes her meditation with the poem, Prayer, by James Crews.

"Prayer", by James Crews

I ask for just the slightest shift

in my thinking, the kindest sifting

of my busy mind so only wonder

and peace are left behind. So that

as I walk in sleet on this spring morning

I can see even these muddy ruts

made by careless trucks on the forest trail

as harbors of miracle, knowing they will

fill with enough snow melt and rain

for tadpoles to swim in come summer,

until that sunlit instant when they feel

the flexing of legs in the water beneath them,

and leap out onto the ground, their bodies

having decided, by instinct alone, to be

soft and alive in this world.

-Prayer, by James Crews.

Find out more about using mindfulness in everyday life through Julie's books, "SNAP: From Calm to Chaos", and "Life Falls Apart, But You Don't have To: Mindful Methods for Staying Calm in the Midst of Chaos". Both are available on Amazon.com.

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