For you who are stretched too thin,
Flat out,
Buried up to your eyeballs,
Pulled in too many directions,
Keeping too many balls in the air,
Tracking too many loose ends.
May you drop it all, just for a moment, and know strength and wholeness.

For you with to-do lists as thick as the yellow pages,
With electronic time management systems
And scraps of napkins and receipts with urgent notes on the back.
For you worn out from chasing young children,
For you responsible for both children and aging parents,
For you caregivers,
For you split shift workers,
For you job seekers, never resting easy in your search.
May you come to rest, just for a moment, and know well-being.

For you who struggle to make ends meet,
Who don’t know where the money will come from,
Who juggle bills deftly as those who juggle fire,
For you who can’t keep up with the medical bills,
Who are as stressed by insurance as you are by the illness,
Who are being hounded by creditors or causes,
May you have clarity, just for a moment, that life matters more than money.

Breathe in joy, breathe out fear.
Breathe in fluidity, breathe out rigidity.
Breathe in acceptance, breathe out resistance.

May you know you are not alone.
May you feel encircled by loving arms.
May you know, finally, that whatever you
Do or don’t do
See or don’t see,
Pay or don’t pay,
You are part of the web of life
And there you are held, secure.

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Rev. Meg Riley

Senior Minister at Church of the Larger Fellowship

Meg has been a Unitarian Universalist minister for more than twenty years. As a UU kid in West Virginia, she quickly learned to enjoy being "different," which has served her well in a "different" life. Meg lives in Minneapolis, where she enjoys walking by lakes, gardening, reading and writing. She also lives online, where she enjoys hanging out, keeping up with people, and playing the occasional game of Scrabble. She is the parent of a teenager, and the companion of a number of four legged friends.

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