Alone with myself, how can I improve? From where will come the needed push to change course? From where will new thoughts come?

Lord, become present to me. I have deluded myself that I am solitary.

Take off my blinders. I am with others, even when alone.

(Letter #2,025)

What do I have to share? Only what you have given me. Your gifts are meant to be passed on.

Yet I am a miser, gripping my well-being and ease so tightly. Let me spread the love you have given me, freely and widely.

Open my heart, Lord.

(Letter #2,024)

Obstinate and unwilling, I pull at my chains. The pathway leads me, yet I stray and hack through the growth. Why am I so rebellious, when the easier way is plain?

Lord, let me be willing to be guided. I am so tired of fighting you, yet each day I arm for battle.

Instead, let me submit: thy will be done.

(Letter #2,023)

You are with me, whether I sense your presence or not.

When assailed and I feel vulnerable, you are with me. When lonely, you are with me. When ecstatic, you are with me.

Let me live this day as if I believe that you are here.

(Letter #2,022)