EIGHT

God,

I come into your presence this day asking that you will help me to have an open heart and a clear mind. Help me to be fully awake with every breath and present in every action. Clear away the fear and self-seeking that block me from your will and your care. Allow me to see that which you would have me do today and grant me the strength to carry it out. Let me not complain about that which I cannot control. Help me to seek to grow in understanding, to be changed and renewed so I may become that which you created me to be. In all my questions, help me to come first to you for inspiration. In gratitude for many blessings, help me to be generous with the talents you have given me.  

There is a prayer that some friends of mine use on a regular basis. It's good, but I wanted to write my own version of it, so I did. I guess it's my prayer for an ideal day. A day where I could do and be all those things I prayed would be pretty amazing. I am grateful when those days happen and I recognize them. I'm really grateful for the days when I remember to say this prayer at the beginning of the day. It gives a much better likelihood that it will happen. I have become okay with the short version on the days I forget until the last minute. 

Help.

That prayer works too.