Beautiful Prayer Share

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I developed a bad habit in the past. When I woke up, the instant thought was: "Oh, crap! Am I still here?" That started a whole range of negative thoughts. So I needed about two hours for myself in silence, in order to get in a better mood and start my day. Well, there is no such thing as two hours for yourself in silence when you have a five year old, mildly speaking. So I started with a self created prayer in the morning. At the beginning, the sceptic part of my brain commented on that, but as I stubbornly continued with this prayer/greeting, my morning mood started to change. These days, it feels like I am greeting the actual entities when saying this. My daughter loves to chime in this, and repeat after me:

Good morning Earth
Good morning Sky
Good morning Moon
Good morning Sun

Good morning Stars
Good morning human Beings
Good morning my brothers and sisters
Good morning angelic Beings

Good morning Our One Infinite Creator

I usually end this with: "Good morning, sweetheart!" To which she responds: "Good morning mommy!" Usually this gives us both a joyful start of the day. (At least until it is time to choose which clothes to wear to the kindergarden. It is a *serious* business for a five year old, which can end up in unhappy crying.)

In the evenings, after we've read the bed time story, I ask her if she wants me to say a good night prayer for her, to which she always replies yes (whatever it takes to not have to sleep =)). It was a version of Christian good night prayer to the Lord, which I didn't like that much, so I re-created it:

Creator, who loves children
Watch over (the name of the child) who is little,
Where she in this world turns
Her happyness rests in your hands

Fortune comes,
And fortune goes
But when you love
You fortune own

Adonai.