Prayer

Our life should be a prayer to God. Our prayers to God should be less and less about us and what we can get, and more and more about what we can give and how we can be light and love to the world. The following prayers are examples of this life principle.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light;and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand;to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen

Saint Francis of Assisi

"Father, forgive them; they don't know what they're doing."

Jesus Luke 23:34

We must learn how to give our lives away in the service of others. Our prayers should be about the ways that we can give peace, love, hope, light, joy, and forgiveness to those around us. These two prayers are wonderful examples of how to let go of the need to be "right" and instead show kindness. I challenge you to write them down, print them off and place them somewhere that you will see them and pray them daily. Let them become the focus of your thoughts. Look for the ways that you can forgive, show peace, show love, give joy, give hope and give your life away to others. Watch how your life changes when your focus becomes that of giving. See how much you recieve out of giving yourself away. What is the worst that can happen if you try for a week? The only thing that can happen is that someone will be made happier because of your kindness. Remember that people are always trying to do their best, even when it does not live up to an expectation that we may have. Forgive them as we wish to be forgiven because sometime we all do not know what we are doing.

Namaste'