Jean Hersey - My prayer for the new year is that I may have the courage and the stamina t

My prayer for the new year is that I may have the courage and the stamina to let Life happen to me, to accept its joys and successes, and to take in stride the learning that stretches us and the growing pains. Perhaps, to put it simply, my wish for the New Year is: may we love more, live more, laugh more. And so may you!

- Jean Hersey

source: Jean Hersey (1964). “A Sense of Seasons”

topic: New Year, Prayer, Pain, Growing Pains