Prayers for Hard Times. Becca Anderson

of my day.

      That they may keep me safe forever.

      Save me till the end of my day.

      Let every nymph and faerie be my sister,

      Let every troll and brownie be my brother,

      Let every fairy-mouse and will-o-the-wisp befriend me,

      That they may keep me safe forever.

      That they may keep me safe forever.

      - Ancient Celtic Oral Tradition

      What Is Your Gift to the World?

      May the gift I give

      change me and our world.

      - Reverend Alan Claassen, 2011

      Call Upon Your Inner Strength, No Matter What

      If you hear the dogs,

      keep on going.

      If you hear gunfire,

      keep on going.

      If you hear shouts and footsteps,

      keep on going.

      - Harriet Tubman

      Be Gentle and Kind to Yourself

      You’re not alone.

      So long as you reach out to others you’re never alone.

      Ask for my help in loaning you the courage you already have.

      It’s not that I never give you more than you can handle,

      I am not responsible for the consequences of your actions,

      only you are. Stay on the path of you’re suffering

      by taking the steps you need to take.

      Hang on and hang in there, because it’s now

      that you’re growing at light speed,

      You’re never going backward, only forward.

      Decay your loneliness, by making full use

      of my greatest gift to mankind, which is mankind.

      Feel my alleged absence as proof,

      for the paradox that I exist and have always existed.

      Let me in by letting me out.

      Love, fear, and all of the other feelings spared

      are what create this reality.

      These are the cause and effect of compassion and true forgiveness.

      Ask for my help in walking through the anguish of forgiveness.

      Do everything in your power to learn to forgive

      and love those that hurt you,

      Not for just them, but for others as well as yourself.

      And never give up the hope that someday your ex-suffering

      will be able to help the ones who were sick and hurt you,

      As well as those who suffered like you.

      Learn all this by practicing to love everyone.

      Always look into yourself first;

      your past, your present, your motives,

      your feelings, and share the secrets

      you find with myself as well as others.

      Be gentle and kind to yourself

      by being vulnerable, and sharing yourself

      with others who are patient, kind, and who can only

      try to love and accept you as much as I do.

      As you get better at this,

      take the risks that will enable you to venture out

      further and further, so that your true self

      may finally be exposed to the real world

      I created for you to live in.

      Be honest with everyone by never

      accepting the blame that is not yours.

      Free yourself with the truth, by telling

      those stepping on your toes how you feel,

      no matter how difficult it may seem at first, or

      what its consequences may be;

      you’ll only get better at it.

      If you can learn to love, forgive,

      fully listen, understand, and accept those around you,

      you will eventually begin to learn how to love, forgive,

      fully listen, understand, and accept yourself.

      - Anonymous

      Lead Us To Light And Truth

      Asatho Maa Sad Gamaya.

      Thamaso Maa Jyothir Gamaya.

      Mrithyur Maa Amritham Gamaya.

      Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.

      From untruth lead us to Truth.

      From darkness lead us to Light.

      From death lead us to Immortality.

      Om Peace, Peace, Peace.

      - Ancient Vedic Prayer

      Embrace Humility, Patience, and Love

      O Lord and Master of my life,

      take from me the spirit of sloth, despondency,

      lust of power, and idle talk;

      But grant rather

      the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love

      to thy servant.

      Yea, O Lord and King,

      grant to me to see my own transgressions,

      and not to judge my brother;

      for blessed art Thou unto the ages of ages.

      - Syriac Christian Prayer of St. Ephrem, 353

      Be Filled With Deep And Abiding Peace

      Deep peace I breathe into you,

      O weariness, here:

      O ache, here!

      Deep peace, a soft white dove to you;

      Deep peace, a quiet rain to you;

      Deep peace, an ebbing wave to you!

      Deep peace, red wind of the east from you;

      Deep peace, grey wind of the west to you;

      Deep peace, dark wind of the north from you;

      Deep peace, blue wind of the south to you!

      Deep peace, pure red of the flame to you;

      Deep peace, pure white of the moon to you;

      Deep peace, pure green of the grass to you;

      Deep peace, pure brown of the earth to you;

      Deep peace, pure grey of the dew to you,

      Deep peace, pure blue of the sky to you!

      Deep peace of the running wave to you,

      Deep peace of the flowing air to you.

      - Anonymous

      What Is Your Service to the World?

      God,

      I’m willing

      to do your work.

      Please

      show me what it is.

      - Tami Simon, Boulder, Colorado

      Everything Is Beautiful

      In the house made of dawn.

      In the story made of dawn.

      On the trail of dawn.

      O,