Today is the start of 2020 according to the Gregorian calendar. It’s also the 6 Jamada al-awwal, 1441 in the Islamic calendar, and the 4th of Tevet, 5780 in the Jewish calendar.
I say this because our calendars help us relate to the passage of time, but they aren’t absolute. It’s not New Year’s Day for everyone.
This diversity of life on our planet is such a blessing to each of us. In the Quran 49:13, “We created you… and made you into nations and tribes, that you you may know each other (not that you may despise each other)…”
And, of course, there’s the spiritual truth that every little speck of creation is being recreated every moment, every moment.
So, whether this is New Year’s day for you or not, I hope that this Sufi blessing nourishes and carries you forward.
The Blessing:
Bismillah ar-Rahman, ir-Rahim
In the Name of the One, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, Most Kind.
I ask in the Name of the One, to help us all know that our hearts are always cared for,
that our every step is guided, and that we need do nothing alone.
Help to open the way, to reveal the path, to make the signs unmistakable.
To bring nourishment, and care, and support, and strength, in abundance.
Help all of those who need the gifts that we’ve been given, find their way to us without blocks, or veils or hesitations.
I ask that our provision this coming year be made easy.
May you, and your loved ones, and your family, and your business, and your clients, and your community, and all that you care for, be blessed in abundance.
That love continue to open and open and open, meeting you wherever you go this coming year.
And I really pray that our paths continue to cross, that we may continue to lift each other up.
Blessings, and blessings and blessings and peace and love.
With love,
Mark Silver, M.Div.
Heart of Business, Inc.
Every act of business can be an act of love.
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Grateful to you and your great heart Mark
Thank you for this beautiful blessing and reminder of all the diversity of humanity and its traditions.
Beautiful energy and beautiful words on this new day. Thank you Mark and the Heart of Business Team 💜
Thank you Mark for leading us into the new year in community and love.
Thank you Mark! Blessings to you too! I am so glad to be a part of this community.
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The is in every detail unique and miraculous text which was revealed to Muhammad(PBUH) fourteen centuries ago. Quran basic theme is the relationship between Allah and human.
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