Smith College for Social Work Commencement Benediction, August 15, 2003
(adapted from a prayer of unknown authorship)
May Wisdom bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships, so you will live deep within your heart.
May Justice bless you with outrage at oppression and cruelty, so you will strive for integrity, freedom, and peace.
May Compassion bless you with tears for those who suffer so you will have the strength to love the stranger and the outcast.
May Courage bless you with awareness of your fear so you can act wisely even when you are afraid.
May Foolishness bless you with the conviction that you can make a difference, so you will do the good things that others say cannot - or should not -- be done.
May beauty lie before you,
May beauty lie behind you,
May beauty lie on your right hand and on your left.
May you walk in beauty all the days of your life.
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