Metta Prayer of Compassion and Loving Kindness
God, help me to sit with quiet patience, embracing what is and waiting with love for whatever comes.
Show me the world with new eyes.
Help me see those I love: my family, my friends, my children, my parents, and my partners in their true light.
Let me behold their difficulties, their sorrows, and their troubles. Help me to wish them freedom from suffering.
Let me see the beauty of your creation: the animals, plants, places, and daily activities of all creatures.
Let me behold their difficulties, their sorrows, and their troubles. Help me to wish them freedom from suffering.
Show me those I do not love, those for who I am indifferent, dislike a little, or dislike intensely.
Show me those who have hurt me, angered me, and disappointed me.
Let me behold their difficulties, their sorrows, and their troubles. Help me to wish them freedom from suffering.
Show me the majesty of your creation in myself.
Illuminate the gifts you have given me.
Clarify those that I have angered, hurt or disappointed.
Simplify my emotional response to life.
Let me behold my difficulties, my sorrows, and my troubles. Help me to wish myself freedom from suffering.
