We ALL feel down and out from time to time! These prayers and quotes offer me deep comfort when I’m hurt, frustrated, disappointed or crying. I hope they offer you the same!

The Serenity Prayer

God,

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

Courage to change the things I can,

and the Wisdom to know the difference.

(Photo from front porch in the rain-

Deerwood Country Club, Lake Lamar, Jacksonville, Florida)

St. Francis Prayer

Lord, make Me an instrument of Your peace
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness joy.
O Divine master, grant that I may
Not so much seek to be consoled as to console
To be understood, as to understand.
To be loved. as to love
For it's in giving that we receive
And it's in pardoning that we are pardoned
And it's in dying that we are born...
To eternal life.
Amen

Video: Sarah MacLauchlan and her students at her voice school. It’s a special treat to my soul!

NOTE: I’m not a Christian, but I DO recognize a Power Greater than Myself. I find this prayer inspires me to offer grace to those who are suffering.

The Four Great Bodhisattva Vows

Creations are numberless, I vow to free them.
Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to transform them.
Reality is boundless, I vow to perceive it.
The awakened way is unsurpassable, I vow to embody it.

These vows remind me of the great love the Universe embodies. I am capable of being the Divine Love of God. I am capable of releasing my selfishness and my OWN thinking to be a vessel for God.

I AM, that I AM!!