A Really Good Prayer

The book I'm fighting through on prayer is too wordy but nebulous (I'm really tired of Christian literature saying stuff that sounds right but doesn't have much real meaning behind it--it all sounds like "happy talk"), but I can't not read a book I paid for, but it does include some prayers the author found while doing his research.

I thought this one was good for those of us who see the glass as half-empty, if we see a glass at all. It's entitled "A Franciscan Benediction":

May God bless you with discomfort
At easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships
So that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger
At injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people,
So that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.

May God bless you with tears
To shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger and war,
So that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and
To turn their pain to joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness
To believe that you can make a difference in the world,
So that you cna do what others claim cannot be done
To bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor.

Amen.

I really like that prayer, largely because of the appeal to the right and genuine emotions combined with the "action" aspect. For some reason, it was just what I needed to start today with.