Life

(Tom Paxton)

       Life - May yours be long and loving
       Peace - May you enjoy its blessing
       Joy - May it be yours to savour
       Love - May it be yours forever

May the sound of children be your music
May your blessings be the ones you earn
May your days be filled with sun
May you deeply love someone
May that someone love you in return

May your only sorrows be the small ones
May they leave you stronger when they go
May the love of friends be yours
May you live with open doors
May you feel the love within you grow

May your smallest moment be a full one
May your life be all that it can be
May you come to love yourself
And hold that love above yourself -
And hold that love for all the world to see