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I alternate placing my hands palm up, like empty bowls, then turning them downwards, cupping my legs. I breathe and repeat this motion several times. Then, I lift both hands, palms up, and lift my right hand up as I lower my left hand downwards. Then switch – my left hand up, my right hand down. I repeat the motion, up and down, like a scale.
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O God of Wisdom, I pray for sound judgment. Help me know how to balance the scales of my life and embody both mercy and justice. Help me to discern right from wrong, good from evil, health from ill health, support from security, escapism from new life. Help me to know what is mine to do, which path to take, what commitments to honour and uphold, where to give my attention.
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I imagine a scale on a table, with all of the components that make up my life. Some weigh heavily on my mind, time, relationships and energy. Others are light as a feather, as I give them barely an ounce of significance. I see the balance shifting up and down. As I shift a few components around and rearrange my priorities, the scales shift, reaching a balance.
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God, send your Holy Spirit to bless me with sound judgment. Help me know what to shift in my life, in my perspective, in my will, in order to serve you and your people well. Help me to be guided by an internal sense of order, balance, and justice. Help me to move towards suffering and the other towards liberation and freedom. Health, wellness, wholeness, right-relationship, justice, peace.
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Loving God, bless me with clarity of mind and purpose, a peace beyond all understanding, trusting in my own ability to know what is good, what is next, what is mine to do.
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