Hi God,
Here I am
back at work again.
As I wind things down,
and seek new opportunities,
help me to maintain
the equanimity I felt on the lake shore.
Because of the cold and rain
you showered on Maine,
mushrooms sprouted everywhere.
I didn’t know there were
so many kinds of mushrooms.
It seems that mushrooms, like people,
are a rather diverse lot.
As I began photographing them,
I saw that they
were also rather beautiful.
So my prayer
is that you help us remember
that in our diversity,
all people, like mushrooms,
can be beautiful,
given the proper growing conditions.
As your hands in the world,
give us the strength and wisdom
to assure proper growing conditions
to allow our neighbors
to achieve their full beauty as people.
Also, I ask that you
have mercy on our souls
sinners though we surely be.
Amen