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“May the Road Rise to Meet You” is an Irish blessing that is often used as a prayer. It has traveled throughout the centuries in songs, word of mouth, and even a popular cross-stitch pattern. The words connect centuries of those who have faithfully hung onto hope through their faith.
"May the road rise to meet you" was originally written in Gaelic. The phrase is actually mistranslated quite a bit from the original Gaelic language it was written in. “Rise” actually translates more accurately to “succeed.” So the text means,“May you succeed on your road.” The link on the text is to Crosswalks post on the origin and meaning of the saying including the longer original verses.
The author of the blessing isn't known. Many attribute it to Saint Patrick, as it resembles some of his writings. The Irish like to use images of nature and everyday life in their blessings and prayers. Just as the blessing starts with a prayer for you to succeed on your road in life, it also ends with an image of safety as we are held in the palm of God's hand.
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
I blogged with WordPress for over 13 years at www.comfortspringstation.com. Just last week, I set up my new blog here on Blogspot. My old site will only continue to be live only until March. My goal is to post the most popular posts from Comfort Spring to Carol On The Lake. I wrote over a 1000 posts on that blog, and I certainly don't need to bring all of them over to my new one.
Since my old blog, www.comfortspringstation.com was a WordPress.org website, I had several plugins that gave me lots of information. A very important plugin is Jetpack. It provides protection, stats, and other functions. At the beginning of every month, I'd get a report from Jetpack on the visits to the blog by day, week, month. You can modify and search for a 12-month report, a report from the start of the year until now, and other interesting subjects like leading referrers.
In 2025, www.comfortspringstation.com had 146,841 views with 114,493 individual visitors.
The statistics from Jetpack were:
You will notice in the top 7 posts, 6 of them have links and have already been published on the blog. I apologize for so many posts in the last week. At first, I thought I should add these to the new blog right away, but that's not a fun nor practical way to share them. I put up the 6 from the top of the most visited posts list. I will add the others in the future. I like to blog on Monday about whatever is on my mind or happening. I'll sprinkle these mostly top recipes in the future posts on Mondays & Tuesdays. As I publish or schedule from the list, I'll add a new link to this post. I'll feature this post for the first year. Let's see how many actually are published.
Update 2/9/26
I have written and scheduled all but 5 posts of the top 50. I should easily finish writing and scheduling the 50 in the next week.
On Thursdays, I usually post nature photos. I like to participate in Yogi's Den's link party, Sky Watch Friday on Thursday afternoons. The quality of photography is outstanding, and I do love looking at the sky. Whether blue skies, dark winter clouds, sunrise, or sunset, I like them all.
That is my plan for my blog. It's a similar pattern of posts as Comfort Spring, but I did lots more posts there. I hope you drop by and visit me here at Carol on the Lake, and I'll drop by and visit you on yours if you have one. Have a great week and STAY WARM! The weather is terrible!
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Written more than 25 years ago, Robert Fulghum’s best-selling book of essays, All I Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten, still speaks to millions of readers today. I discovered his ideas some years ago during a conference. I made an 8″ x 11″ sheet with this essay, laminated it, and added a magnet. I have had it on my refrigerator ever since.
I periodically re-read the words and am always touched by his wisdom. Today, I share this essay with you. It is nearing the end of the year, and as we consider changes or resolutions to improve our lives, I suggest we all contemplate these simple truths. If each of us cleans up our own messes, lives a balanced life, and sticks together, consider how much happier our families, communities, nations, and world would be.
You can still get this 2015 free printable:
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All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at school.
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.
Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all – the whole world – had cookies and milk at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
Over the years, I’ve made 2 versions of the quote. The first version was first shared in 2015 (above). I’ve developed a new version which I hope you like. This is more colorful with leaves and flowers. It is sized 8.5″ x 11″.
I made a larger 11″ x 14″ version for an easier to read copy.
As with all my printables, they are for your personal use. Please do not post these images on your own site unless you link back here.
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Carol
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