This invocation comes from a prose-poem, called For A Nurse by John O’Donohue in a book entitled – To Bless the Space
Between Us. He begins the poem by discussing that nurses encounter human
beings when they are ill and that they may promote wellness through their
nursing care.
For A Nurse
In this fragile
frontier-place, your kindness
Becomes a light that consoles
the brokenhearted,
Awakens within desperate
storms
That oasis of serenity that
calls
The spirit to rise from
beneath the weight of pain,
To create a new space in the
person’s mind
Where they gain distance from
their suffering
And begin to see the
invitation
To integrate and transform
it.
May you embrace the beauty in
what you do
And how you stand like a
secret angel
Between the bleak despair of
illness
And the unquenchable light of
spirit
That can turn the darkest
destiny towards dawn.
May you never doubt the gifts
you bring;
Rather, learn from these
frontiers
Wisdom for your own heart.
May you come to inherit
The blessings of your
kindness
And never be without care and
love
When winter enters your own
life.
