May You

May your life be poured out as an offering to the people and the world around you.

May this world be a better place because you breathed.

May your heart break for the hearts of those you love because you carry one another's burdens.

May you have seen more tears and heartbreak than you can stand because you were willing to become vulnerable and share this life with others.

May you wrestle with the questions of life and death and be willing to sit helpless, silently, answerless with hands clasped with another in the presence of God.

May you realize that you are not in control as you hold the hand of someone that is dying and pray that one day someone will do the same for you.

May you be exhausted at the end of every day because you loved so much that you lost yourself.

May you know when to step back and watch and pray because you aren't the one in control.

May you receive as much as you give.

May you realize that sometimes what you give was really for you to receive.

May you have the strength to look at eyes filled with tears and not turn away.

May you realize that sometimes when you think you are the one helping, you are the one being helped and that's exactly how it's supposed to be.