Courage to Bloom 3

To bud, blossom, burst forth, break open and bloom; to come into your own - to inhabit your bodySelf more rootedly and robustly takes enormous courage. Courage derived from Coeur – the French word meaning heart.

The prayer below encourages a return to this Inner Heart. The prayer is framed by an old, more ancient Hebraic one, Here I am, Lord. This prayer could be used on its own as a centring mantra.

Here I am, Lord

Let my heart be
what it is meant to be,
a place of courage.

Courage that is not hard –
but supple and flexible

Courage that is not immovable –
but beating and able to blossom and bleed

Courage that takes in, holds on
and is able to let go

Let my heart be what it is meant to be –
a place of courage

Here I am, Lord