A Prayer for Monday Morning

“Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

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O Lord

why are you doing this to me?

I sit here on this Monday morning

listening to the sound of my furnace

yes

you heard me God!

my furnace 

running

I look out on a world 

not yet lit by the sun

and feel the crisp edge

of the morning air

and I realize that

summer

with its long 

and lazy days

 is already on the wane

I am not ready for this God

and I am not ready for the weekend to end

I am not ready for this week

which already feels long and overwhelming

but I know

O God

that this week will be

for the most part

what I make it

how I live it

let me walk through it gently God

with eyes

and mind

and heart open

may I live moment by moment

may I live each moment fully

may I

be a calm presence

and touch each person I meet

with

compassion

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Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience  - Colossians 3:12