Do I fear rightly? Even my worries are misplaced.

I am afraid you will abandon me; I should instead fear that I will fall away from you.

God, let me place my relationship with you at the center of my thinking. Let me depend upon you wholly.

(Letter #2,017)

My garden, do I care for it in order that others may remark on its beauty, or to bring food to table?

Too long, I have walked with piety as a display for others. Burn away all false motives, Lord, even those that result in positive acts.

Crack open my heart today, lay me bare to reality. Let me align my will with yours, with no double-minded reluctance.

Thy will be done.

(Letter #2,016)

You never left me. I thought I was alone. I inhabit an illusion built of self-reliance.

Open my eyes, Lord, that I may see you and the scales fall away.

I imprison myself. You were here all along, my liberator and friend.

(Letter #2,015)

My neighbors harbor fear just as do I.

What is easy for me terrifies them; what panics me is a welcome challenge in their eyes.

Let me spread relief and ease among all I meet today. Let it come back to me.

(Letter #2,014)