THE MORNING POEM
Mary Oliver
May you be happy and healthy and loved. May you be safe and protected, free from suffering. May you be alive, engaged and joyful. May you have inner peace and ease.

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Mary Oliver
May you be happy and healthy and loved. May you be safe and protected, free from suffering. May you be alive, engaged and joyful. May you have inner peace and ease.

A quiet contemplation on love stripped of self-importance—love as humility, kindness, compassion, surrender, and the simple recognition of beauty in all things.
A lullaby for the quiet hours, when the world grows still and night gathers gently around us. A reminder that even in sleep, we are held — precious, loved, and never beyond the reach of love.
A quiet invitation to soften the heart, enter humility, and listen beneath the noise—where love, truth, and the Tao have been speaking all along.
A quiet blessing on the enduring presence of Love—its power, beauty, and timelessness within us.