Life - Tom Paxton

May your blessings be the ones you earn

May your days be filled with sun

May you deeply love someone

May that someone love you in return

And life — May yours be long and loving

Peace — May you enjoy its blessing

Joy — May it be yours to savor

Love — May it be yours forever

May your only sorrows be the small ones

May they leave you stronger when they go

May the love of friends be yours

May you live with open doors

May you feel the love within you grow

And life — May yours be long and loving

Peace — May you enjoy its blessing

Joy — May it be yours to savor

Love — May it be yours forever

May your smallest moment be a full one

May your life be all that it can be

May you come to love yourself

And hold that love above yourself

And hold that love for all the world to see

And life — May yours be long and loving

Peace — May you enjoy its blessing

Joy — May it be yours to savor

Love — May it be yours forever