EDITGrounding
I can mark an ending honestly before I race to a beginning.
Endings, beginnings and the bare ground between them. Whether the change was chosen or thrust upon us, these prayers honour what is finishing, steady us in the in-between, and bless what is beginning — without pretending that every transition is easy or welcome.
Come as you are
Today in this room
Today's prayer
EDITOriginal compositionMODModern interpretationFaithful One, present at every closing door,
something in my life is ending — a role, a home, a season, a version of myself — and the world keeps handing me beginnings to celebrate. Not yet. First, let me honour what is finished: thank it for what it gave, grieve it for what it took, and name honestly what I will not miss. Endings that are skipped do not disappear; they travel with us, unprocessed. So I stop here, at the threshold, and look back once with clear eyes. What was, was. I bless it, and I let it be complete.
For what was: thanks and tears. For what comes: I will meet you on the other side of this doorway. Amen.
I can mark an ending honestly before I race to a beginning.
The in-between is not empty; it is where I travel lightest.
Beginnings are allowed to feel strange; I give this one a season.
What is ending in your life, and have you let yourself mark it?
What are you in-between right now — and what does this threshold ask of you?
What are you most afraid the change will take, and what might it make possible?