Rain does so inspire me

Some days it seems that everything weeps.

Some days even the trees carry a heavy burden.

Some days should be silent...

Prayer for Inner Peace

Slow me down God.  

Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind.

Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time.

Give me, amid the confusion of the day, the calmness of everlasting hills.

Break the tensions of my nerves and muscles with the soothing music

of the singing streams that live in my memories.

Help me to know the magical restoring power of sleep. 

Teach me the art of taking minute vacations-- of slowing down

to look at a flower;

to chat with a child;

to pat a dog;

to take a deep breath;

to read a few lines of a good book;

or to offer you a word of thanks.

Please God, slow me down.