friendship meditations

In light of the prior blog, here is a prayer from John O'Donohue. It is for friends and friendship. 

May you be blessed with good friends.
May you learn to be a good friend to yourself.
May you be able to journey to that place in your soul where there is great love, warmth, feeling, and forgiveness.
May this change you.
May it transfigure that which is negative, distant, or cold in you.
May you be brought in to the real passion, kinship, and affinity of belonging.
May you treasure your friends.
May you be good to them and may you be there for them;
May they bring you all the blessings, challenges, truth, and light that you need for your journey.
May you never be isolated.
May you always be in the gentle nest of belonging with your anam cara.

and here is our  prayer for friends and friendship

May we be blessed with friends
May the golden rays of the sun warm our hearts into openness
May we be blessed with friendships
And may the loyalty of the moon fills our hearts with trust
May we be blessed with laughter
Together may it double our joy
May we be blessed with hard times
To share, to learn from and to grow with together
May our friendships be of the soul
That we might never forget their value and importance
May we be surrounded by the light of friendship
Preventing us from stumbling in the dark
May we know the beauty of friendship
That we might see the beauty in the world around us
May we be blessed with happiness
That we might heal each others pain
May we treat each other with loving kindness
Seeking first the goodness in each other
May we blessed with friends
And be grateful for them in our lives