Today’s post consists of a simple yet powerful prayer from St Francis of Assisi.
I chose this because it speaks of the power we have to make positive changes in our lives and in the lives of others. It also serves as a reminder that somewhere deep inside each of us there is the courage, the strength and the wisdom to be the instrument of peace. It reminds us that we have the power of choice and when we choose wisely we are capable of being instruments of healing on many levels. Allow this prayer to serve as a guide to sow seeds of love, to find it within our hearts to forgive, to rise up from despair, to release doubt and experience joy. Love flows forever free. All we need do is open up to receive love and allow love to flow freely through us to others. Remember our oneness and our divinity. Love your fellow man: love your brothers and your sisters. Love the Earth that supports us in so many ways allowing us the privilege of experiencing the “here and now.” Sometimes all we have to do is ask to be made the instrument of peace. All the changes needed to support that request will come.
Remember who you are and Be All That … because you Can.
A Simple Prayer:
Lord, make me the instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, let me sow pardon.
Where there is doubt, let me sow faith.
Where there is despair, let me sow hope.
Where there is sadness, let me sow joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
It is in dying that we are born to eternal life. St Francis of Assisi
May you Live Life Whole Happy and Free!
blessings, Astara
