All will be well....

A Prayer for the Dawn

Dear God:

Someone once said: “Learning to weep, learning to keep vigil, learning to wait for the dawn. Perhaps this is what it means to be human.”

Thank you for whoever said it, and teach me, I pray, how to live it.

Teach me how to weep without drowning in self-pity.

Teach me how to keep vigil even when I’m shivering in the dark.

And teach me how to wait for the dawn without the belting optimism of someone who hasn’t been through the night...

All will be well.