Let Me Not Pray To Be Sheltered From Fears

Let me not pray to be sheltered from fears

But to be fearless in facing them

Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain

But for the heart to conquer it

Let me not look for allies in life’s battlefield

But to my own strengths

Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved 

but hope for the patience to win my freedom

Grant me that I not be a coward 

Feeling your mercy in my success alone

But let me find the grasp of your hand

In my failures.

Tagore