Something for me to work on...(again)

[Gabben]

There are many here on this board who live this prayer:



THE PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS


Lord, make me a channel of thy peace,


that where there is hatred, I may bring love;


that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness;


that where there is discord, I may bring harmony;


that where there is error, I may bring truth;


that where there is doubt, I may bring faith;


that where there is despair, I may bring hope;


that where there are shadows, I may bring light;


that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.


Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted;


to understand, than to be understood;


to love, than to be loved.


For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.


It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.


It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life.

[lighter]

(((Gabbin)))

That was a prayer that calmed and centered me during some very tough times.

Thanks for bringing it back to the board....

and my attention.

Lighter

[Gabben]

Thanks lighter...Just thought that I would try to generate a little self-reflection in the way that we choose to respond and act here.

[lighter]

Self reflection....

questioning our actions....

and motives....

is a good thing: )

((Gabbin))

Lighter

[Certain Hope]

One of my all time favorites, too. Thank you (((((((Lise)))))))) for posting it.

At one time, I hand wrote copies of this for each of my 4 children and kept my own copy in my Bible.

Back then, I thought it meant that I had to keep the peace at any cost.
I was wrong.
My misunderstanding of self-sacrifice threatened to further endanger my family...
and the most ironic thing of all is that it was the N who appeared on the scene to rescue me.

Oh, how perspectives change.

It's wonderful to see this prayer again through my new eyes.

Love,
Carolyn

[lighter]

::raising goblet::

To new eyes, Amazons.

Yes.

Light