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Book II: Rites & <strong>Rituals</strong> 121<br />
138. Daily A ffirmations<br />
(St<strong>and</strong> be<strong>for</strong>e your mirror as you say<br />
these affirmations)<br />
I am a divine <strong>and</strong> beautiful being.<br />
I choose to live each moment with<br />
appreciation <strong>and</strong> complete acceptance<br />
of my own divinity <strong>and</strong> beauty.<br />
I choose to appreciate <strong>and</strong> accept the<br />
beauty in all beings <strong>and</strong> the perfect<br />
divinity in each moment.<br />
I open my heart to the possibility of love <strong>and</strong><br />
benefit from every being <strong>and</strong> each moment.<br />
I purge myself of all doubt, negativity,<br />
judgmental tendencies, guilt, panic,<br />
<strong>and</strong> fearful thinking.<br />
I always seek that which I need to grow, to bud,<br />
to bloom, to blossom, to fruit, to bear seed.<br />
I dare to draw into myself the positive<br />
manifestation of each trial <strong>and</strong> difficulty,<br />
the rightness of every lesson.<br />
I breathe deeply <strong>and</strong> savor the love <strong>and</strong><br />
benefit that surrounds <strong>and</strong> embraces<br />
my life as I live it each moment.<br />
I <strong>for</strong>give myself with each breath I take <strong>and</strong><br />
renew my trans<strong>for</strong>mative intentions<br />
with every beat of my heart.<br />
I glory in the goodness <strong>and</strong> rightness of all<br />
that I encounter <strong>and</strong> all that I am.<br />
I am a divine <strong>and</strong> beautiful being.<br />
—Donna Henes<br />
139. Ancient Scottish Blessing<br />
Bless ourselves <strong>and</strong> our children,<br />
Bless every one who shall come from our loins,<br />
Bless him whose name we bear,<br />
Bless her from whose womb we came.<br />
Every holiness, blessing <strong>and</strong> power,<br />
Be yielded to us every time <strong>and</strong> every hour,<br />
In the name of the Holy Threefold above,<br />
Maiden, Mother, <strong>and</strong> Crone eternal.<br />
Be the Foundations of Earth to shield us<br />
downward,<br />
Be the Lights of Heaven to shield us upward,<br />
Be the Breath of Spirit to shield us outward,<br />
Be the Waters of Life to shield us inward.<br />
Accepting our sacred blessing from us,<br />
Accepting our sacred blessing from us.<br />
—Traditional; adapted by Oberon<br />
140. T he Morning Song<br />
Blesséd is this morning,<br />
Washed awake with dew <strong>and</strong> light.<br />
Blesséd is this day, all that lives—lives true!<br />
Blesséd are the gods in their l<strong>and</strong>s—<br />
Blesséd are the men.<br />
Blesséd are all things that breathe,<br />
Or sleep no more!<br />
Blesséd is this day!<br />
Goddess threefold Goddess!<br />
Blesséd is this day!<br />
—Mark Will, 1974<br />
141. A Blessing of Spirit<br />
(to be spoken to the one being blessed by a<br />
priestess, speaking <strong>for</strong> the Goddess)<br />
I will always love you.<br />
I guarantee that nothing will ever happen to<br />
cause me to stop loving you.<br />
I love you <strong>for</strong> who you are, not what you<br />
do or don’t do.<br />
I accept you <strong>for</strong> who you are at this moment, <strong>and</strong><br />
I welcome the changes your growth brings.<br />
I accept the person you have been <strong>and</strong> I<br />
accept the person you will be—<br />
unconditionally.<br />
I will protect you <strong>and</strong> keep you safe;<br />
No harm will come to you because it would<br />
have to come through me<br />
And I am powerful enough to keep you safe.<br />
I will meet all of your needs that I can,<br />
And I will support you meeting your needs<br />
the way you see fit.<br />
I am neither jealous nor possessive, but I<br />
am faithful.<br />
I love you. I am devoted to you.<br />
I am always here <strong>for</strong> you; whenever you think of<br />
me or look <strong>for</strong> me or call me, I am with you.<br />
I always have enough time <strong>and</strong> energy <strong>and</strong><br />
attention <strong>for</strong> you.<br />
Turn toward me <strong>and</strong> I will envelop you in my<br />
light <strong>and</strong> my wings will com<strong>for</strong>t you<br />
And soothe your fear <strong>and</strong> your pain.<br />
I am your shield <strong>and</strong> your strength,<br />
Your shade-tree in the summer <strong>and</strong> your<br />
campfire at night,<br />
Your food, water <strong>and</strong> air.<br />
I am all around you always, in all ways.<br />
—Abbi Spinner McBride
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