A prayer for this day

It is the beginning

black turning to gray

faint shapes 

emerging 

as day dawns

 

an owl hoots

spring birds

returned at last

sing in the darkness

 

this is a new day

I can enter it many ways

tired

fearful

hands gripped tightly

ready to protect and resist and control

 

or I can enter it gently

hands

and mind

and heart

and soul open

 

ready to embrace

the gifts you have to offer

 ready to really see

and hear those you place in my path

ready to feel the breeze

and the warmth of the sun

this day Lord

I am too tired to be tired

too anxious to be anxious

to hopeless

to carry the burden of hopelessness 

on more step

this day

I am going to lay all that down

and walk with the Spirit

and travel light

Help!

Thanks :)

Wow*

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*Thanks of course, to Anne Lamott for

her wonderful little book