Today running felt a bit tight and not as easy as it has on some days,
but I was struck with the beauty of this place where we live.
May you always have eyes to see the beauty around you even
when you are sore and feeling aches and pains along the way.
O God, we thank you for this universe, our great home, for its vastness and its riches, and for the diverse life which teems upon it and of which we are part. We praise you for the arching sky and the blessed winds, for the driving clouds and the constellations on high. We praise you for the salt sea and the running water, for the everlasting hills, for the trees, and for the grass under our feet. We thank you for our senesce by which we can see the splendor of the morning, hear the jubilant songs of love, and smell the breath of the springtime. Grant us, we pray, a heart wide open to all this joy and beauty, and save our souls from being so steeped in care or so darkened by passion that we pass heedless and unseeing when seven the thornbush but he wayside is aflame with the glory of God. Amen.
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