Prayer for Us

Parts of life are ugly and out of our control, but we have to keep going, and live in possibility.

Here’s to peace and positive relationships:

Dear God, Beloved friend,

Please show us today, and in each coming day,

how to honor You and each other.

Help us to be grateful.

Help us this day to accept ourselves, each other,

and our circumstances exactly as they are.

Give us insight and courage to express how we feel, ask for what we need, and be clear about what we can and cannot be and do for one other.

As we feel the bright warmth of the Sun,

let us remember to surrender to You our pain, judgement, fear,

and futile efforts to control what is beyond ours to control.

Act through us,

as we join our Will with Yours,

to take care of our responsibilities in faith

that all will be made right in Your time.

Sweeten our attitudes so that we may live with hope, humor, and happy moments.

Wash away the dirt of distress and resentment.

Relieve us from the harm and suffering of the past,

and any suffering we might experience today.

Please protect us.

Help us to receive Your grace.

May we feel secure in Your gentle care,

be gentle with ourselves,

and be gentle with each other.

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to learn

to love and grow in relationship with You and each other.

Help us to remember the blessing of Your love, Our love,

and to accept these blessings with brave and open hearts.

OM Shanti AMEN.