~A Prayer~

~A Prayer~ 

"Oh creator of all things, help me.
For this day I go out into the world naked and alone,
and without your hand to guide me I will wonder far from
the path which leads to success and happiness.

I ask not for gold or garments or even
opportunities equal to my ability: instead,
guide me so that I may acquire ability equal to
my opportunities.

You have taught the lion and the eagle
how to hunt and prosper with teeth and claw.
Teach me how to hunt with words and prosper with
love so that I may be a lion among men and eagle in
the market place.

Help me to remain humble through obstacles an
failures; yet hide not from mine eyes the prize that
will come with victory.

Assigns me tasks to which other have failed;
yet guide me to pluck the seeds of success from
their failures. Confront me with fear that will temper
my spirit; yet endow me with courage to
laugh at my misgivings.

Spare me sufficient days to reach my goals;
yet help me to live this day as though it be my last.

Guide me in my words that may bear fruit;
yet silence me from gossip that none be maligned.

Discipline me in the habit of trying and trying again;
yet show me the way to make use of the law of averages.
Favor me with alertness to recognize opportunity;
yet endow me with patience which will concentrate
my strength.

Bathe me in good habits that the bad ones may drown;
yet grant me compassion for weaknesses in other.
Suffer me to know that all things shall pass;
yet help me to count my blessing of today.

Expose me to hate so that it not be a stranger;
yet fill my cup with love to turn strangers into friends.

But all things be only if thy will.
I am a small and lonely grape clutching the vine yet thou
hast made me different from others.
Verily, there must be a special place for me.
Guide me. Help me. Show me the way.

Let me become all you planned for me when my
seed was planted and selected by you to sprout in
the vine of the world."

Help this humble man.

Guide me, God.