To Get Some Pleasure Out of Life

Give me a good digestion, Lord, 

And also something to digest; 

Give me a healthy body, Lord, 

With sense to keep it at its best. 

Give me a healthy mind, Good Lord, 

To keep the good and pure in sight, 

Which seeing sin, is not appalled 

But finds a way to set it right. 

Give me a mind that is not bored, 

That does not whimper, whine, or sigh; 

Don't let me worry overmuch 

About the fussy thing called "I." 

Give me a sense of humor, Lord, 

Give me the grace to see a joke, 

To get some pleasure out of life 

And pass it on to other folk.

(prayer hanging in a cathedral at Chester, England, 

shared by E. Stanley Jones in The Way to Power and Poise; 

photo by Vita Strawberrika via unsplash.com).