“May the road rise” Irish Blessing Printable

 

 

May the road rise to meet you,

May the wind always be at your back,

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

The rains fall soft upon your fields,

and until we meet again, 

may God hold you in the palm of his hand.

Irish Blessing     

 

“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.

 

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Top 50 Most Viewed Posts & Pages on Comfortspringstation.com in 2025

  

   

 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:

Top 50 Most Viewed Posts on 

www.comfortspringstation.com in 2025

1.   Cheesy Broccoli Potato Bake                                         10,626
2.   Roasted Potatoes & Spinach                                           6,600
3.   All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten                  5,189
4.   Fast Meal of Linguine With Red Clam Sauce                  4,688
5.   Easy Cucumber & Onion Salad                                       4,601
6.   Summer Squash Quiche With Thyme                             4,359 
7.   Sweet Potato Apple Cranberry Bake                               3,648 
8.   Green Avocado & Spinach Smoothie                              3,271  
9.   How To Create An Entryway                                           2,615 
10.   Fast & Filling Meals                                                         2,531 
11.  Slow Cooker Black-Eyed Peas With Greens & Ham       2,467
12.  Fall Apple Cinnamon Infused Water                                 2,325  
13.  Pan Seared Tilapia                                                           2,222
14.  Chicken Avocado Salad With Citrus Chipotle Dressing   2,200
15.  Steamed Salmon in Aluminum Foil                                  2,175
16.  Slow Cooker Stewed Chicken                                          2,112 
17.   Pork Chops in Garlic Mushroom Sauce                         1,818  
18.   Bacon & Cheese Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes                   1,810   
19.   Slow Cooker Roast Beef With Apples & Onions           1,743  
20.   Welcome Home Printable for Spring and Summer       1,675
21.   Slow Cooker Pork & Sauerkraut                                   1,633 
22.   Kale, Apple & Feta Salad                                             1,625    
23.   Best Low-Fat Spinach Dip Recipe                               1,614  
24.   Crunchy Apple Salsa                                                   1,608 
25.   Peach Cole Slaw                                                         1,555  
26.   Quinoa Brown Rice Southwest Bowl                           1,455 
27.   Raspberry Baby Greens Salad                                   1,344 
28.   The Many Colors of Tropical Hibiscus                        1,321 
29.   6 Tips to Style a Picture Ledge                                   1,298 
30.   Winter Salad With Fruit & Poppy Seed Dressing       1,174 
31.   Easy Black Bean Dip                                                  1,160 
32.   Green Smoothie With Cucumber, Celery & Pear       1,042 
33.   Fresh Succotash                                                           935 
34.  Mango Bliss Frozen Smoothie                                      924 
35.  Pineapple Cucumber Salad                                          918
36.  Roasted Butternut Squash with Onion & Spinach        860 
37.  Ginger Garlic Vegetable Stir Fry                                  852 
38. "May the road rise" Irish Blessing                                 835 
39.  Healthy Chicken Breakfast Sausage                           728 
40.  Crock Pot Mushroom Lentil Barley Stew                     709 
41.  Best Healthy Tri-Color Sweet Cole Slaw Mayo-Free   709 
42.  Cheesy Ham & Asparagus Casserole                         672  
43.  Green Bean Salad With Tomatoes, Olives & Feta       628 
44.  Savoy Cabbage Soup                                                  627 
45.  Ideas For A Backyard Shady Spot                               598 
46.  Slow Cooker Ham                                                        555
47.  Slow Cooker Chicken Stroganoff                                 548
48.  Easy Cast Iron Skillet Fruit Cobbler                             505
49.  Deviled Easter Chick Eggs                                          494 
50.  Cucumber, Corn, Black Bean & Avocado Salad         494

 

 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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All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

 

 

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Originally posted on comfortspringstation.com on 12/29/15. 

Updated post on 12/28/18.   

#3 most popular post in 2025    

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.

These are the things I learned:

• Share everything.
• Play fair.
• Don’t hit people.
• Put things back where you found them.
• Clean up your own mess.
• Don’t take things that aren’t yours.
• Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody.
• Wash your hands before you eat.
• Flush.
• Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
• Live a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
• Take a nap every afternoon.
• When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together.
• Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
• Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup – they all die. So do we.
• And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned – the biggest word of all – LOOK.

 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″.

 

 

 

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I made a larger 11″ x 14″ version for an easier to read copy.

  

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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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