My Lord God,

I have no idea where I am going

I do not see the road ahead of me.

I cannot know for certain where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,

And the fact that I think I am following your will

does not actually mean that I am doing so.

But I believe that the desire to please

you does in fact please you.

And I hope that I have that desire

in all that I am doing.

And I know that if I do this,

You will lead me by the right road

though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore I will trust you always

though I may seem to be lost

and in the shadow of death,

I will not fear, for you are ever with me

and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.

-Thomas Merton