Make me an instrument of your peace

To kick of this new blog, here are some incredibly soul quieting and awe inspiring words, shared with me by a fantastic canadian ecologist and traveller.

As he said, 'I hope this poem will light your way as it has enlighten mine'...

Prayer of Saint Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled, as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.