If you stand
at the edge
of this blessing
and call down
into it,
you will hear
your words
return to you.
If you lean in close,
you will hear
this blessing
give the story
of your life
back to you.
Quiet your voice.
Quiet your judgment.
Quiet the way
you always tell
your story
to yourself.
….
–Jan Richardson, from “Blessing of the Well” in Circle of Grace, p. 109
