Choices
This prayer-poem honors the difficult choices that we make as our lives move through the seasons, through joy and sorrow, hope and fear.
Choices
The choice to heal is brave
To awaken is beauty
To live, courage
To love, heroic
The choice to breathe is hope
To pray is grace
To sit, quiet
To be, tranquility
The choice to listen is joy
To hear is mystery
To journey, strength
To adventure, power
The choice to see is truth
To accept is compassion
To learn, wisdom
To teach, eternity
The choice of today is now
The choice of stillness is peace
G-d of Old,
Guide me in my choices,
Carry me through my days,
Show me through the years,
Lead me back to You
Lead me back to myself.
© 2012 Alden Solovy and http://www.tobendlight.com. All rights reserved.
Postscript: Here are more prayers on the theme of choices: “The Path of Righteousness,” “Another Year: An Introspection,” “Egypt Inside,” “My Battle” and “For Grace.”
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