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KEEP US, OH GOD, FROM PETTINESS; LET US BE

LARGE IN THOUGHT, IN WORD, IN DEED.

LET US BE DONE WITH FAULT-FINDING AND

LEAVE OFF SELF-SEEKING.

MAY WE PUT AWAY ALL PRETENSE AND MEET

EACH OTHER FACE TO FACE - WITHOUT SELF-PITY

AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

MAY WE NEVER BE HASTY IN JUDGEMENT

AND ALWAYS BE GENEROUS.

LET US TAKE TIME FOR ALL THINGS; MAKE

US TO GROW CALM, SERENE, GENTLE.

TEACH US TO PUT INTO ACTION OUR BETTER IMPULSES,

STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND UNAFRAID.

GRANT THAT WE MAY REALIZE IT IS THE LITTLE

THINGS THAT CREATE DIFFERENCES, THAT IN

THE BIG THINGS OF LIFE WE ARE AT ONE.

AND MAY WE STRIVE TO TOUCH AND TO KNOW

THE GREAT, COMMON HUMAN HEART OF US ALL.

AND OH LORD, LET US FORGET NOT

TO BE KIND.

-MARY STEWART