John O’Donohues instruction

“Listen to the voices of longing in your soul. Listen to your hungers. Give attention to the unexpected that lives around the rim of your life. Listen to your memory and to the onrush of your future, to the voices of those near you and those you have lost. Out of all that, make a prayer that is big enough for your wild soul, yet tender enough for your shy and awkward vulnerability; that has enough healing to gain the ointment of divine forgiveness for your wounds; enough truth and vigor to challenge your blindness and complacency; enough graciousness and vision to mirror your immortal beauty. Write a prayer that is worthy of the destiny to which you have been called.” John O’Donohue

My prayer is that I grow in understanding of this challenge, and deepen my receptivity for this level of truth and wisdom. Sometimes my prayer takes the form of adding “Teach me to” at the beginning of every sentence and changing the you to me.