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Take a moment for this prayer from Ted Loder's book "Guerilla's of Grace, Prayers for the Battle," page 23:

"Gentle me,
Holy One,
into an unclenched moment
     a deep breath
         of letting go
             of heavy expectancies
                 of shriveling anxieties
                     of dead certainties,
that, softened by the silence,
     surrounded by the light,
         and open to the mystery,
I may be found by wholeness,
     upheld by the unfathomable,
          entranced by the simple,
               and filled with the joy
                     that is you."