Modern Serenity

Creator of wholeness, True Source of Love,
I come as one who is grieving and growing.
I am tender, trembling, and continually trying again.

Grant me the serenity I need today to feel what I have long avoided,
give me the courage needed to release what was never mine to carry,
and empower me with the wisdom to know the difference 
between protection and isolation.

My bones carry the fear of remembrance.
When memories flood without warning, 
encourage me to meet myself with gentleness.

Grant me patience with the pace of the unbecoming.
Offer me grace to show myself 
on the days when survival doesn’t feel like enough.
Remind me that becoming is the ultimate goal
not a mark of success or failure for each day. 

Find in each day a way to reinforce the truth 
that safety is not the absence of pain.
It is the presence of love… steady embodied, and real.

Help me trust the healing of my scars.
Help me speak truth when my voice shakes.
Help me rest when my body remembers.
Help me to rise when my soul tells me it’s time.

Teach me that healing is not forgetting,
But remembering differently.
By offering myself compassion instead of reinforcing shame
I reclaim my authentic power. 
I show up for myself as myself.

Spirit who holds all that has been broken,
Keeper of all that has already been made new,
Grant me serenity, courage, and wisdom
for the lifelong work of healing.

So be it.

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