Happy New Year

Here's hoping and praying that 2012 will be a very blessed year.


The following prayer, A Morning Wish, was written by W. R. Hunt.

The sun is just rising on the morning of another day, the first day of the new year. What can I wish that this day, that this year, may bring to me?

Nothing that shall make the world of others poorer, nothing at the expense of others; but just those few things which in their coming do not stop with me but touch me rather, as they pass and gather strength:

  --  A few friends who understand me, and yet remain my friends.
  --  A work to do which has real value without which the world would feel the poorer.
  --  A return for such work small enough not to tax unduly anyone who pays.
  --  A mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed.
  --  An understanding heart.
  --  A sight of the eternal hills and unbelting sea,
       and of something beautiful the individual hand has made.
  --  A sense of humor and the power to laugh.
  --  A little leisure with nothing to do.
  --  A few moments of quiet, silent meditation. The sense of the presence of God.
  --  And the patience to wait for the coming of these things,
       with the wisdom to know them when they come.  AMEN