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.

A Prayer to the World

I have found enlightenment, and it is good.
I found it through
all the imperfections and sins
of the World.

Through suffering and confusion,
horror and bad
examples, I see what is love
imperishable.

For this I thank the World, I love it
and all of the things that
happen in this place daily,
a living wonder.