This song was from a meditation that started as an assignment given to me by my therapist. I was having difficulty moving through the anger and grief that was all wrapped up in the vastly conflicting relationship I had with my mother.  The meditation came from a small book called "Pocketful of Miracles".  Initially, I was to use this meditation mantra for several weeks as a part of my daily morning rituals. After I felt I had truly integrated its meaning for myself, I was to then visually place my mother in front of me, and state the mantra as "may YOU be at peace, may YOUR heart remain open, may YOU awaken to the light of YOUR own true spirit, may YOU be healed and be a source of healing to all."  It proved to be an amazingly  powerful  tool in helping to heal the pain and to let go of my expectations for how I wanted my mother to be. I went on from there to use it for each one of my perpetrators in healing the rage and hatred that I felt towards them. Again, it proved to be an amazingly powerful tool in helping me to let go of all of the ugly emotions that had been trapped inside me for so long.  Eventually I put the words to a simple melody and have oftentimes used it while performing to allow for audience participation.

May I be at peace
May my heart always remain open
May I awaken to the light of my own true spirit
May I be healed and be a source of healing to all