Spirit of Life, mystery beyond all understanding:
Now the clear waters of the lakes
become warm enough to swim in.
Now insects swarm in the evenings
and frogs sing all night.
Early summer has arrived.
Our nation celebrates its birth
and also its highest values:
that all people are created equal;
that all have the right to life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.
High values indeed… if we could only live them.
Spirit of Life,
help us live these truths,
which we hold to be self-evident:
that another’s sorrow is my sorrow
that another’s joy is my joy.
that none can be happy at the expense of others.
that each can be happy only when all are happy.
that each is free only when all are free.
that our lives are held together in one greater life:
that of our whole blue-green planet.
Help us live these truths.
We thank you for our lives.
Blessed Be.