Prayer for a Newborn

 

HELLO LITTLE BABY SLEEP WELL TODAY FOR YOU HAVE HAD A TUMULTUOUS DAY ALTHOUGH YOU WILL NOT REMEMBER IT FOR LONG,

YOUR EYES ARE OPENING EVER SO SLIGHTLY AS YOU SMILE AND SLIP INTO A DEEP SLEEP, WARM AND COMFORTABLE, FAR FROM THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF A WORLD THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING OF YET,

MY PRAYER FOR YOU TODAY IS FOR PEACE AND HAPPINESS AS YOU TRAVEL THROUGH THIS WORLD,

AND THAT YOU DO NOT EXPERIENCE PREJUDICE OR PHYSICAL PAIN,

THAT YOU BE JUDGED ON YOUR MERITS AND NOT YOUR APPEARANCE,

AND THAT YOU RECEIVE AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION FROM PARENTS AND TEACHERS THAT WILL PRESENT IT WITH SELFLESSNESS AND PATIENCE

AND MAKE YOU AWARE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY THAT EDUCATION IN A PRODUCTIVE AND FULFILLING MANNER,

THAT YOU POSSESS THE INATE INTUITION AND EVENTUALLY WISDOM NOT TO SQUANDER OR WASTE YOUR OPPORTUNITIES OR EDUCATION,

AND THAT YOU ARE CHERISHED AND LOVED ALL OF YOUR DAYS,

FINALLY, TO DIE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, HAVING BECOME ALL THAT YOU WISHED TO BECOME,

AND EXPERIENCED ALL THAT YOU WISHED TO EXPERIENCE,

AND COMPLETED ALL OF THE TASKS THAT YOU WISHED TO COMPLETE,

AND ONLY THEN WHEN YOU HAVE RUN THE RACE THAT YOU WISHED TO RUN TO DIE CHERISHED AND LOVED, SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

JIM-March 25’