Spiritual direction and companioning for individuals seeking a life of deeper purpose and clarity.
03/23/2025
On this spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, I am thinking about seeds; I am thinking about the darkness in which green and light and spring have their start; I am thinking about what it means to begin, and to begin again. Here is a blessing about that for you, for this day and every day. And for friends in the Southern Hemisphere, blessings of the autumnal equinox to you!
BLESSING THE SEED
I should tell you
at the outset:
this blessing will require you
to do some work.
First you must simply
let this blessing fall
from your hand,
as if it were a small thing
you could easily let slip
through your fingers,
as if it were not
most precious to you,
as if your life did not
depend on it.
Next you must trust
that this blessing knows
where it is going,
that it understands
the ways of the dark,
that it is wise
to seasons
and to times.
Then—
and I know this blessing
has already asked much
of you—
it is to be hoped that
you will rest
and learn
that something is at work
when all seems still,
seems dormant,
seems dead.
I promise you
this blessing has not
abandoned you.
I promise you
this blessing
is on its way back
to you.
I promise you—
when you are least
expecting it,
when you have given up
your last hope—
this blessing will rise
green
and whole
and new.
—Jan Richardson
from Circle of Grace: A Book of Blessings for the Seasons
janrichardson.com/books
Image: “Into the Seed”
© Jan Richardson
