Walk softly

Walk softly with great love, walk softly.

Be tender, do not trample those beneath you.

Let the bruised and the broken

Be the burden of your heart

Walk softly.

Be aware, aware,

Aware.

Be merciful, giving honour,

Be aware.

Let their cries become your cry

In the mystery of faith.

Walk softly.

Dance wildly into joy, dance wildly.

Let the bright winds catch your hair.

Move to the rhythm of the angels’ song

Here, in the cold plains of exile.

Be aware,

Always,

Dancing wildly,

Making room

For the Kingdom

And the Glory

In the measure of your steps,

In the Hope that sets you singing.

Dance wildly.

Kneel quietly, entering prayer, kneel quietly.

Know your own smallness, and be glad,

For our weakness is His strength.

Be Spirit-winged.

Be aware,

Always,

Kneeling quietly

In the sanctum of your heart,

Breathing grace

And trust,

Surrendering,

Kneel quietly.

  

Run firmly in your race, run firmly,

Do not turn aside for golden apples

Thrown by weak desires

And secret follies.

Be aware,

Always,

Running firmly.

Knowing who is your goal,

Continuing,

Through heat and cold,

The long tumult of the years,

Laughing against the byways.

Run firmly.

And the sunlight will sing to you,

The mercy will flow through you.

Humility will release you

And the stars will call you home.