A Prayer For Those Who Are Losing Our Shit Right Now
Dear God,
Please forgive me for how I acted when that Amazon truck was blocking my driveway the other day.
In your endless compassion you know my rage was really about every form of fear I am trying to keep at bay right now – how it all sort of broke through my exhausted defenses because I was coming home from the gym and was really hungry.
When I see others not being the best version of themselves, guide me to compassion for them, that in doing so I might also have compassion for myself.
You know how fragile we are.
And next time when I am that hungry, please nudge me to eat a damn sandwich FIRST, and THEN respond to whatever it is that feels like it is trying to attack me.
And when, O God, I inevitably try and control everything and everyone in my life, please have mercy upon me – for you know that what I am really doing is responding to how powerless I feel over every single thing in the news cycle every single day.
Accept O Lord, my shitty little prayer, for those are the only ones I have in me right now.
In Jesus name, Amen.
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I had an old man in tears in my office today (I am a speech pathologist). Was he crying because of his diagnosis? Because of some issues with speech/language/swallowing/voice/cognition? No. Not at all. He was crying because he is afraid of what is happening in the USA and the world. I held him and listened and let his tears soak my shoulder because it was all I could offer to him. Then I went out to the waiting room and a person was chewing out one of the receptionists because of parking problems. I wanted to put the guy through a plate glass window. We're all struggling. Thanks for reminding us of this, and for the forgiveness we receive.
Thank you, Nadia. God has given you the tremendous gift of being able to put into words what so many of us are feeling right now. What a wonderful Superpower. Bless you.