may it soon be usefully so

"The Western Apache people commonly end a prayer with the words: may it soon be usefully so. The simple statement nods to a larger intention: that what has been spoken will begin taking root as does the single seed, dampened and swelling, moving through the rich black earth toward the warmth of day; life borne out of the sweetness of mystery and depth, gives rise to that which may be experienced, that which may be heard or seen or felt or signified in some way, so that the meaning made will somehow nourish and give direction to the living that follow."

Wisdom Sits in Places, Keith H. Basso, 1996, xvii