My prayer for today

Please help me to stay centred in love.

Help me to realise that often I cannot have what I long for and even though that hurts it does not mean that everything is wrong.

Help me to realise how much I struggled in the absence of people seeing me and how it left an empty space so deep inside I tried to fill with other things that were not love.

Help me when I feel empty to seek my fullness in you, in nature, in poetry, in things that bring a healing balm to sore spots. Help me to open and expand at times like these so my feelings have a place rather than seeking ways to deny or defend against these feelings.

When the tears and grief come with the recognition of what I missed out on, help me to understand them as sent from my soul as reminders of what it means to have a heart and be most human.

Don’t let me disparage myself for the way things have come to pass that were due to larger forces playing out. Teach me the limits of what I have power over.

Help me to celebrate the opportunities and beauty in each day that can come from reaching out and seeking my joy.

Help me to know it is not always easy for introvert to feel fulfilled in an extroverted world and I don’t have to bend myself out of shape to fit in.

Help me know that is a gift to have a tender hearted soul. That it needs to be protected in loving ways by honouring deeply the truth of who I am while not making anyone different, mistaken, bad or wrong.

Amen.