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TEACH ME, my Lord to be sweet and gentle in all the events of life, in disappointments, in the thoughtlessness of those I trusted, in the unfaithfulness of those whom I relied on. Let me put myself aside, to think of the happiness of others, to hide my little pains and heartaches, so that I may me the only one to suffer from them. Teach me to profit by the suffering that comes across my path. Let me use it that it may make me patient not irritable. That it may make me broad in my forgiveness, not narrow, naughty and overbearing. May no one be less good for having come within my influence. No one less pure, less true, less kind, less noble for having been a fellow-traveler in our journey toward Eternal Life. As I go my rounds from one distraction to another, let me whisper from time to time, a word of love to the. May life be lived in supernatural, full of power for good, and strong in its purpose of sanctity. Amen. (Anonymous)

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