International Day of Families
“I wish you a single story, not a simple
fairy tale with only happiness, but one life
without secrets or omissions, without the need
for fake faces, one pointed outward,
the other, inward and real.
I wish for you the twin beauties
of clarity and consistency, knowing the singular
word that holds all of you together,
all of you at once, all of you.
I wish for you no need to hide. No reason to live
in shadows or half-truths. No need to cover the
spark and sparkle of your heart, to keep it
from catching the light of sun or moon.
I wish you whole-heartedness that arises
from the liberty before needing to be freed,
the completeness that precedes breaking,
the integrity of your being, a unity,
undivided and boundless.
I wish you a far-reaching welcome from within,
full and absolute acceptance, nothing withheld
from yourself, unrealized or unfinished.
And I wish you a place and a people who
do not want you in pieces, incomplete and partial,
a world that no longer asks anyone
to wrench apart their heart or divide soul
from mind, from nature, from core.
I bless you with all that is Whole.”
Blessing for Kin by Sean Parker Dennison
Chorlton Unitarians 