Blessings and Toasts

• Blessings and Toasts

  Start your holiday meal off right with words from the heart. To give the best toast remember to:
  1. Speak clearly and slowly,
  2. Keep it short and sweet
  3. Make eye contact and
  4. Focus on why you are thankful.
  
  Here are some known and loved blessings for inspiration.

• Blessings and Toasts

  May the road rise to meet you.
  May the wind be always at your back.
  May the sun shine warm upon your face,
  And rains fall soft upon your fields.
  And until we meet again,
  May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.
  
  -Irish Blessing

• Blessings and Toasts

  I wish you health, I wish you wealth, and happiness galore.
  I wish you luck for you and friends;
  What could I wish you more?
  May your joys be as deep as the oceans,
  Your troubles as light as its foam.
  And may you find, sweet peace of mind,
  Were ever you may roam.
  
  -Irish Blessing

• Blessings and Toasts

  Each new morning with its light,
  for rest and shelter of the night,
  for health and food,
  for love and friends,
  for everything thy goodness sends.
  
  -Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Blessings and Toasts

  May your hand be outstretched to all you meet.
  And may all men say 'Brother' when they speak of you.
  May the land be fertile beneath your feet.
  May your days be gentle as the sun-kissed dew.
  
  -Polish Blessing

• Blessings and Toasts

  When we count our many blessings,
  it isn't hard to see,
  that life's most valued treasures
  are the treasures that are free.
  For it isn't what we own or buy
  that signifies our wealth.
  It's the special gifts that have no price:
  our family, friends and health.
  
  -Author Unknown

• Blessings and Toasts

  O God, when I have food,
  help me to remember the hungry;
  when I have work,
  help me to remember the jobless;
  when I have a home,
  help me to remember those who have no home at all;
  when I am without pain,
  help me to remember those who suffer,
  and remembering, help me to destroy my complacency;
  bestir my compassion,
  and be concerned enough to help;
  by word and deed, those who cry out for what we take for granted.
  
  -Samuel F. Pugh

• Blessings and Toasts

  Always remember to forget the things that made you sad.
  But never forget to remember the things that made you glad.
  Always remember to forget the friends that proved untrue.
  But never forget to remember those that have stuck by you.
  Always remember to forget the troubles that passed away.
  But never forget to remember the blessings that come each day.
  
  -Author Unknown

• Blessings and Toasts

  If there is righteousness in the heart,
  there will be beauty in the character.
  If there is beauty in the character,
  there will be harmony in the home.
  If there is harmony in the home,
  there will be order in the nation.
  If there isorder in the nation,
  there will be peace in the world.
  So let it be.
  
  -Scottish Blessing