In Beauty may I walk
All day long may I walk
Through the remaining seasons may I walk
Beautifully will I walk again
With the beautiful birds... beautifully joyful birds...
On the trail marked with pollen may I walk
With grasshoppers about my feet may I walk
With dew about my feet may I walk
In beauty may I walk
With beauty before me may I walk
With beauty behind me may I walk
With beauty above me may I walk
With beauty all around me may I walk
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty,
lively may I walk
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty,
living again, may I walk
It is begun in beauty
It is finished in beauty
May you walk in beauty all the days of your life...
~from Maat's Book of Shadows
based on the Navaho Indian Ritual, The Blessing Way
