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Samuel A. Trumbore

Teach my heart healing words.

Teach my heart healing words.
Show me the words that help rather than harm.
Instruct me in the verbs that bring energy,
     the nouns pointing to the real,
     the adjectives describing your subtleties.
Reveal to me how words can be offered
     in a way that connects rather than separates,
     that develops trust and eschews suspicion,
     that opens the heart and relaxes the mind.
Amen.

Source: 1997 UUMA Worship Materials Collection; abridged

Copyright: The author has given Unitarian Universalist Association member congregations permission to reprint this piece for use in public worship. Any reprints must acknowledge the name of the author.

Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.

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