~ May 20
In the evening you shine,
brilliant and lovely.
In the morning you shine,
mighty and radiant.
In the heavens you stand
like the sun and the moon.
On earth you are known
for your greatness and beauty.
To you I now pray,
holy priestess of heaven.
To you I now pray,
Inanna, to you.
– Babylonian song to Inanna
Many prayers to the goddess, created by people widely separated in time and space, are songs of reverence and praise. How little we make time for praise today! When the weather is cloudy and damp, we complain, but when it clears and grows bright, we rush through our days without comment. Yet what more beautiful gift can this world offer us than a sunny, flowery spring day? The slight buzz of bees finding their way to the new flowers, the faint fragrance of blossoming trees, the soft textures of feathery new leaves—these are a feast for our souls and our senses.
How would our lives change if we took time, each day, to notice and comment upon the beauty of nature that we witness? If we spoke to our friends of each pink sunset we enjoyed, and to our lovers of the sensuousness of fresh rain on our skin? How might our lives be changed?
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