A Prayer for the New Year, insight by Helen

As I read from Helen’s “Lovingly” book of poems, I feel that what she saw longer ago than the young adults of today have lived;

She could be writing what we have experienced during the last year and passes her wisdom on to us for the upcoming one.

Rich

"A PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR"

.......... insight by Helen

God grant us this year a wider view

So we see others’ faults through the eyes of YOU –

Teach us to judge not with hasty tongue,

Neither THE ADULT . . . nor THE YOUNG,

Give us patience and grace to endure

And a stronger faith so we feel secure,

And instead of remembering, help us forget

The irritations that caused us to fret,

Freely forgiving for some offense

And finding each day a rich recompense

In offering a friendly, helping hand

And trying in all ways to understand

That ALL OF US whoever we are

Are trying to reach “an unreachable star” –

For the GREAT and SMALL . . . the GOOD and BAD,

The YOUNG and OLD . . . the SAD and GLAD

Are asking today, “IS LIVE WORK LIVING?”

And the ANSWER is only in LOVING and GIVING –

For only LOVE can make man kind

And KINDNESS of HEART brings PEACE of MIND,

And by giving love we can start this year

To lift the clouds of HATE and FEAR.

Helen Steiner Rice

1900 – 1981