because they are very small

When my fellow faculty and staff at Haleakala Waldorf School threw me a blissful surprise baby shower on Maui four years ago, one of my dear teacher friends gave me a copy of this prayer written by Rudolf Steiner. I spend a few moments with this prayer and my sleeping girls each night. It has been bouncing around in my heart lately, so I am compelled to share it.

PRAYER FOR VERY SMALL CHILDREN
spoken by an adult

May light stream into you that can take hold of you.
I follow its rays with the warmth of my love.
I think with my thinking's best thoughts of joy
On the stirrings of your heart.
May they strengthen you,
May they carry you,
May they cleanse you.
I want to gather my thoughts of joy
Before the steps of your life,
That they unite with your will for life,
So that it finds itself with strength,
In the world,
Evermore,
Through itself.