EDITGrounding
I set my direction before the world sets it for me.
Short morning prayers that set an inner direction before the world's demands arrive: gratitude for waking, an intention for the day, and a request for steadiness. Designed to be usable within seconds, with no account and no preparation.
Come as you are
Today in this room
Today's prayer
EDITOriginal compositionMODModern interpretationSteady One, before the flood of messages and meetings,
I ask for the day in advance: not that it be easy, but that I be present for it. Give me a long view for short fuses, humour for the absurd moments, and one clear eye for what actually matters among the hundred things that will claim to. Let me be interruptible by people and uninterruptible by trivia. And when tonight comes, let me be able to say: I was there for my own day, awake for my own life.
Ahead of the flood: steadiness. Amid the flood: presence. After the flood: gratitude. Amen.
I set my direction before the world sets it for me.
I begin this day blessed, not behind.
Today asks for my presence, not my perfection.
What is one word you want to carry through this day?
What are you already bracing for — and can it be met rather than braced against?
What are you grateful for before anything has happened yet?