A Prayer by Thomas Merton, which resonates, rather...

[tree_and_leaf]

MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.

- Thomas Merton, "Thoughts in Solitude"
© Abbey of Gethsemani

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[sweet-adelheid.livejournal.com]

which resonates, rather...

Doesn't it just?

~adds to "Important posts by tree_and_leaf" memories category~

[tree_and_leaf]

I feel oddly honoured to have my own category, although I feel a bit as if I'm decorating myself with stranger's feathers, as the Germans would say ;)

But when I ran across the prayer earlier, I had to share it (Merton is really good, in general).

I also find I've had 'Lead Kindly Light' on my mind a lot lately....

[scionofgrace.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like that! It kinda fits how I feel a lot these days.

[tree_and_leaf]

I had a feeling that a number of people on the flist would identify with it (as do I!)

[wuglet.livejournal.com]

This is actually the first prayer I have encoutered that really does resonate, with me, at least...

*don't comment while drunk with Glühwein, it leads to dissovlving sentence structure...*

[tree_and_leaf]

Heh. I have only had mulled wine once this Christmas, you know? It's a scandal.

I'm glad, anyhow. (Merton spent a lot of time hanging round universities flailing; I find that very easy to identify with...)

[sammee42.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is so appropriate! Thanks so much for sharing. It really spoke to me. xx