Prayer
A family meditation.
We breathe in faith
And exhale hopelessness
We breathe in gratitude
And exhale indifference
We breathe in Beauty
And exhale insensitivity
We breathe in joy
And exhale sadness
We breathe in kindness
And exhale harshness
We breathe in forgiveness
And exhale resentment
We breathe in love
And exhale isolation.
—Edwin C. Lynn
Reprinted from the pamphlet Family Prayers: A Sampler, edited by Irene Praeger, © 2007 Unitarian Universalist Association.