A Prayer For the Summer Months:
Slow me down Lord,
Ease my pounding heart,
Quiet my racing mind.
Steady my hurried steps.
Amidst the confusion of my days,
Give me the calmness of the everlasting hills.
Help me to know the restoring power of sleep.
Teach me the art of taking time off,
of slowing down to look at a flower,
chat with a friend,
to read a few lines from a good book.
Remind me each day that there is more to life than increasing its speed.
Let me look into the branches of a tower oak
and know that is grew tall and strong
because is grew slowly and well.
Slow me down Lord.
Teach me to be gentle and humble of heart,
and thus I will find rest for my soul.