(Stand on Mother Earth. Face any direction you choose. Take one step forward, as you look about, up and down:) O Great, Holy Spirit, I take this step into the day you have given. I embrace all I see – the season, the wind, the fragrances, the weather. Let me always accept the day given with a grateful heart. (Take another step forward.) O Spirit of life, I put my arms around myself, all that I am,