SUNDAY PRAYER

this is a prayer for the near and the distant
for family and for society

for the friend and the stranger

for the fellow countryman and the foreigner

this is a prayer for the born and the unborn
for the old and the young
for the beautiful and ugly
for the healthy and the diseased
this is a prayer for the good and the bad
for the sinner and the saint
for the rich and the poor
for the powerful and the downtrodden
this is a prayer for mankind
and for the beasts of the field
for the male and the female
for us and for them
for you and for me
this is a prayer without conditions or attachments
with no small print
may your suffering be relieved
may your pain be soothed
may your burden be eased
may your weariness melt away
may peace and calm and serenity
flow through your mind
may altruistic love flow through your heart
and may you be truly happy