Monday, August 9, 2010

Let Me Never Forsake

Lord, give to me
the realization of
seeing things as they
are, and not how
I want them to be.

When I experience
difficulty, let me
pause & choose again,
because I know how
finite this Ego is.

Let me never forsake
such a great kindness,
from you towards all
loving & living beings!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Self Assured

Oh Lord, let me recognize my imperfections
so I may abide with them, neither rejecting such things
nor seeing them as existing.

It is through my defects that I gain insight,
it is through the confession of my inadequacies that I become
humble and receptive.

The day is good, and so is the night. Darkness
teaches me many things about the light, and a new dawn
is self-assured.