DIVINE GUIDANCE

Ease the pounding of my heart
By the quieting of my mind.
Steady my hurried pace
With a vision of eternal reach of time.
Give me amid the confusion of the day
The calmness of the everlasting hills.

Break the tension of my nerves and muscles
With the soothing music of singing streams
That lives in my memory.
Help me to know the magical
Restoring power of sleep.

Teach me the art of taking minute vacations
Of slowing down to look at a flower,
To chat with a friend, to pat a dog,
To read a few lines from a good book.

Slow me down, Lord,
And inspire me to send my roots
Deep into the soil of life's
Enduring values that I may grow
Toward the stars of my greater destiny.