On the Cusp of a New Day

Divine Universe,
here I stand on the cusp of a new day.
All may seem the same at first, a simple continuum of the day before.
I do not know what this day will bring me.
Yet what I do know: I am one day older. I am one day closer to that final breath.

May I carry within me then times of quiet so that I may feel the pulse of my connection to all beings,
that I may hear the whisper of Earth in my bones.
May I use my hands, head, and heart in service to heal hurt and to spread light.
—    Rev. Patrice K. Curtis

From Conversations with the Sacred: A Collection of Prayers
Editors: Manish Mishra-Marzetti and Jennifer Kelleher, 2020

Rev. Patrice K. Curtis is a Unitarian Universalist minister, with spiritual practices rooted in mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhism. She currently serves as Transformational Interim Ministries Director at Unitarian Universalist Association

Prior to the UUA, she was the minister for the Clearwater, FL congregation; consulting program minister for All Souls in Washington, DC; congregational life minister for Church of the Larger Fellowship; and Summer minister for First Unitarian Church in Portland.