As a limited individual, I invoke the Lord’s help and grace by an act of prayer. Being based on one’s will, prayer is an action. It is an act invoking grace as well as a simple autosuggestion. As I sit in meditation, relaxed, I offer a prayer to the Lord whom I invoke in any given form and in any given name.
I pray:
O Lord, may I have the maturity to accept gracefully what I cannot change, may I have the will and effort to change what I can; and have the wisdom to know the difference between what I can and cannot change.
I cannot change my childhood, my parentage, my entire past. What has already happened in my life, I cannot change. What has happened has happened and I cannot do anything about it. On the basis of what has happened, I have nothing to regret. I have no reason to be sad, depressed or angry. I drop my anguish for what has happened. I accept gracefully whatever has happened in my life.
May I not victimize myself by subjecting myself to the past. Let me see clearly that I cannot alter what has happened. May I not have any regret, sadness or agitation on this count. Let me recognize very clearly thoughts about the past that I cannot change so that I can accept the past for what it is. Let me be aware of whatever I can change. Let this be very clear to me. let there be no doubt. Let me not waste my power and time trying to change what I cannot change. Trying to change what I cannot, leaves me so powerless, helpless and impoverished, that I cannot bring about the change that needs changing.
There are a lot things that I can change. I seek the strength of will and the ability to make proper, adequate effort to change. I do not waste my time trying to change what I cannot change; nor do I want to waste my time putting up with unhealthy situations that I can change. The difference between the two -- what I can and cannot change is not easy to distinguish. It takes wisdom for which I again invoke your grace.
O Lord, may I enjoy, have, the maturity to accept gracefully what I cannot change, the will and effort to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
I am just awake, alive to what has happened at this moment. I lay down my will, my choice. I am just awake to the moment. Moment to moment, my being aware of the moment does not fluctuate. My being aware of the moment is an abiding, lasting, ever-present fact. My being aware is not in fits and starts. It is a presence, a presence which is always present.
What I am aware of at this moment is unique. The object changes; even these words are never the same. At this moment, a given word, a sentence, a sound or an object changes. My being aware of what happens at this moment is not by my choice. I am aware because I am an awareful presence. Free from memory, I am an awareful presence.
I pray:
O Lord, may I have the maturity to accept gracefully what I cannot change, may I have the will and effort to change what I can; and have the wisdom to know the difference between what I can and cannot change.
I cannot change my childhood, my parentage, my entire past. What has already happened in my life, I cannot change. What has happened has happened and I cannot do anything about it. On the basis of what has happened, I have nothing to regret. I have no reason to be sad, depressed or angry. I drop my anguish for what has happened. I accept gracefully whatever has happened in my life.
May I not victimize myself by subjecting myself to the past. Let me see clearly that I cannot alter what has happened. May I not have any regret, sadness or agitation on this count. Let me recognize very clearly thoughts about the past that I cannot change so that I can accept the past for what it is. Let me be aware of whatever I can change. Let this be very clear to me. let there be no doubt. Let me not waste my power and time trying to change what I cannot change. Trying to change what I cannot, leaves me so powerless, helpless and impoverished, that I cannot bring about the change that needs changing.
There are a lot things that I can change. I seek the strength of will and the ability to make proper, adequate effort to change. I do not waste my time trying to change what I cannot change; nor do I want to waste my time putting up with unhealthy situations that I can change. The difference between the two -- what I can and cannot change is not easy to distinguish. It takes wisdom for which I again invoke your grace.
O Lord, may I enjoy, have, the maturity to accept gracefully what I cannot change, the will and effort to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
I am just awake, alive to what has happened at this moment. I lay down my will, my choice. I am just awake to the moment. Moment to moment, my being aware of the moment does not fluctuate. My being aware of the moment is an abiding, lasting, ever-present fact. My being aware is not in fits and starts. It is a presence, a presence which is always present.
What I am aware of at this moment is unique. The object changes; even these words are never the same. At this moment, a given word, a sentence, a sound or an object changes. My being aware of what happens at this moment is not by my choice. I am aware because I am an awareful presence. Free from memory, I am an awareful presence.
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