A Prayer to the Goddess of Healing

Oh Goddess of Healing,

Someone is in pain.
Someone is missing a loved one.
Someone is having to learn to live without,
And is adjusting to a new way of life.

We can feel the pain of those we know
As they suffer through it.
We hope to offer them peace:
A hug, a shoulder, an ear.

Oh Goddess of Healing,
Bless those that hurt,
That are mourning a lost one;
Give them that hope, that hug,
That shoulder, that ear.

Let them look around and in themselves
And find you, your hope, your strength.
Let them find you in their friends and family,
And in us, their community.

-sm

Prayer for Unity and Peace

In times of intolerance and divisiveness,
May She bring us together.

The Middle Way teaches us that all boundaries are illusory,
That we create the divisions that appear between us.

May we rise above the boundaries that isolate us,
May we see them for what they are,
May we cease to give them form,
May we respect each other fully.

The Middle Way teaches us that for us to find peace,
We must learn to give peace, unconditionally, with loving compassion.

This is difficult for me.

Help me see fear and anger
For what they are;
And to see others for who they are -
My brothers and my sisters.

Help me to give my peace
Even when it is not given to me.
Let me be your beacon, oh Goddess;
Let them know you by knowing me.

May we hear Her and follow Her,
However She calls us,
However we call Her,
And live in Her peace.

-sm

Prayer to the Goddess of Patience

Goddess of Patience,

At times I struggle to feel you with me.
At times I am guilty of simply looking through you while looking for you,
Missing the simple things, making things complicated,
And I eventually find you.

But,

Sometimes I feel my patience get weak, and I get anxious.
I start to wait for you, hoping you'll fill me with your presence,
As you usually do.

Then,

While I wait for you, I realize something;
I'm not waiting for you, you're waiting for me.

You are the patient one, the understanding one.
You are the one that knows me, calls to me,
And smiles as I sometimes struggle towards you.

So,

I turn my focus from myself, waiting for you,
To you, waiting for me.

I'm starting to get it; after all this time.
Thank you for waiting for me.
Thank you for showing me loving patience.

-sm

The Goddess, My Companion

Hello Goddess,

I seem to be leaning on you so much lately,
Its hard not to with so much going on in my life.

Today, though, I’m just walking with you,
Talking with you, enjoying your company.

It’s hard to describe what it’s like for me,
To hear you, to feel you with me,
To talk to you, and to follow your path.

Its a full feeling;
Overflowing, abundance, peace.

Thank you, Goddess, for walking with me,
And keeping me company.

-sm

Grief

Mother Goddess,

My heart aches today,
Grief overwhelms me.
My family lost a wonderful soul;
Someone who will be greatly missed.

Oh Goddess,
Walk me through my grief
So it doesn’t linger,
Guide me through this pain
As you always do.

Help me to remember the time we had,
Not the time we didn’t.

There’s comfort in knowing that we all go back to you;
Until then, you are with us.

-sm

My Path of The Goddess

The Path that Was, the Path that Is

I stand on a precipice, looking out into the vast unknown.
The road that used to be in front of me is simply gone,
Everything from the road itself to the ground beneath it.

Nothing. Empty.

Its overwhelming, but it's also peaceful.

Staring into the open expanse I feel both panic and calm.
As I stand and stare I can hear subtle sounds rising into my mind.
Sounds that turn into voices, directions.
I feel gentle pulls and pushes, different sensations that can be described as warm and cool, bright and dark.

The warm sensations and calm, subtle voices call to me.
As I take them in, a new road takes shape;
New ground, new pavement, new signs.

I can now tell that it's always been there, but I just couldn't see it.
It was with the other road, the one I was focused on before, but invisible to me.

This new road, it looks different.
There aren't as many travelers on it.
But they look like me.

I've been on this new road for awhile now.
Sometimes it seems to fade under my feet,
Other times it seems to become more concrete.

I like this new road, this new path, this new direction.
I hope I can always see it.
I hope I can always travel on it.
I hope to get to know more of the travelers on this road
And contribute to maintaining it.

Goddess, help me keep me eyes on the signs, my feet on the road,
And my focus on you.

-sm

A Change and a Warning

Goddess,

I felt a change in the air today.
I felt a warning with it.

Something is coming;
Something I need to be wary of.

Goddess, please guide me through this,
As you do for all of life's challenges.

- sm