Empower me
To be a bold participant,
Rather than a timid saint in waiting,
In the difficult ordinariness of now;
To exercise the authority of honesty, rather than to defer power,
Or deceive to get it;
To influence someone for justice,
Rather than impress anyone for gain;
And, by grace, to find treasures of joy,
Of friendship, of peace hidden in fields
Of the daily you give me to plow.
From “Wrestling the Light” by Ted Loder Submitted by Linda Guest