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 l think I am following your will does not mean that l am actually doing so.
But I believe that the 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 will I 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 struggles alone.
Amen
Fr Thomas Merton
"Thoughts in Solitude"
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