Oh, affirmation to life, steady me: keep me balanced and poised. Cushion me. Lessen my load. Seat me upright in lotus posture, seeing only emptiness, not despair, I pray. Teach me your benefits, deep and simple. Benefit this injustice with a change of every heart. Affirm all reasons for being. Let every circumstance, in every depth—pain and joy both—bring to practice you, me, all beings. Let us affirm lifetimes to steady every breath, making peace—and peacemaking—the companion to every heart.
