Be still and know

I want to be better at paying attention

Better at listening and seeing.

I want to be better at the quiet and the still.

Better at believing.

I want to hear you, see you, feel you.

I want to pour out my flask and untie my knots.

Help me hear beyond the voices,

and dance through the darkness.

Help me see beyond the faces,

and speak through the silence.

Help me love beyond the pain,

and write through the questions.

Go away self-doubt and judgement,

I want to find inner peace.

Go away fear and self-pity,

I want to find honest strength.

Go away chaos and confusion,

I want to find my soul's right path.

So that I might be free to be and do

As you have called.

So help me God.