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Missy's Prayer
Still my anxious heart as I seek to understand why.
Teach me to turn my suffering into growth,
my fear into faith, my tears into understanding,
my discouragement into courage, my anger into acceptance,
my experience with cancer into my testimony,
my crisis into a platform on which I can learn to help others.
God grant that one day I can embrace this time as my friend, and not as my enemy.
For some, life passes by too quickly.
Not appreciating the small joys that each day can bring.
For others, the next morning may seem like an eternity before its arrival.
As I sit and think about the value and meaning of my life
each minute approaches slowly but surely,
then passes with the blink of an eye.
Patience is no longer a virtue, but has become a part of my daily routine.
Time allows for thoughts that would never have before occurred.
It allows for the mind to open up all that is bottled deep inside.
Making me see the strength and character in me
that I never realised was there.
I'm trying to reassure myself that better days are yet to come.
I keep telling myself to believe in a cure,
And know that it will someday come true.
To trust that a goal can someday be achieved
And never doubt the obstacles that life puts me through.
Knowing that things turn out the best for those
who make the best of the way things turn out.
Maybe everyone's destiny is determined at the moment of conception.
That life's path may already be laid out by One far more Superior than we.
Maybe the toughest challenges are given to those strong enough to handle them.
Perhaps this battle I've been chosen for is my challenge in life
and will help me to become the person that I someday hope to be.
Weak and battered is my body but strong and determined is my mind.
Precious are those daily moments that once seemed overly abundant and unimportant.
The closeness of family and friends is now treasured far more than ever before.
So with the slow passing of each and every day,
I wait for my body to become strong again, as it once was.
I hope that it will someday be as powerful as my mind has already become
And so I wait patiently, taking on all obstacles and challenges that cross my path
taking each day of my life one moment at a time.
- By Melissa Sutton, original source: www.palmettostateroots.org/missy
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