If we subscribe to this progressivist view of history, of evolution, of the unfolding of life in the universe – a view nominally supported by the hearts of the great wisdom traditions, by our own transient observations, and by the findings of science (at least in the human or Earthly near term – perhaps not on the longer galactic time scale). Well, if we subscribe to that – one element of our progress might be that our blessings get better and better, that we get wiser and wiser – In that spirit, let’s unpack this new benediction, a riff on the Davidson Loehr benediction from this summer: May you find:

• Questions more Profound than Answers.


• Play more Proficient than Mastery.


• Vulnerability more Powerful than Invincibility.


• Supplication more Productive than Control.


• And a Peace that Passeth all Understanding.

Maybe it needs some more work, maybe you can help me out…