i love love love Thomas Merton, and in celebration with the return of my favorite book here is a section from "Thoughts in Solitude" that has become my prayer:
My Lord God, i have no idea where i am going. i do not see the road ahead of me. i cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do i really know myself, and the fact that i think i am following your will doesn't not mean that i am actually doing so. But i believe that thee desire to please you does in fact please you. And i hope i have that desire in all that i am doing. i hope that i will never do anything apart from that desire. And i know that if i do this you will lead me by the right road, though i may know nothing about it. Therefore i will trust you always though i may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. i will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
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