I ask in the name of the Divine: Please do not shield me from hard times.
Give me more challenges and open me to obstacles.
Why, you ask, do I summon for these things, dear Friend?
So that the strain and stress may be lifted off of the weary.
So that the burdens too hard to bear be lifted from the poor, the tired and the suffering ones.
So is it I who do not suffer?
No, I too suffer, but it is I who embraces the burden.
I no longer run from things difficult,
I embrace all challenges destined on my Path,
I rest NOT and toil and toil more for our release of despair.
My obstacles enrich me, they instill fearlessness & courage.
I will rise to the summits of Mt. Everest, so that you may know the joy.
If I must see someone bound by suffering, let it be me, oh Lord!
Because I have faith in things to come from here to the hereafter.
I wish not easier days, I hope not for infinite wealth, I care not for priceless possessions and grandioseness.
Wish not for all days of ease and pleasures of life, for what is a life of untold desires fulfilled?
All wants fulfilled, can this be truly the ultimate goal of Divine existence? Where then is strength seen, how would we know out true capabilities if no challenges present themselves. Where would our faith, passions and loyalty be focused?
Ask for, nah beg for struggles, for when the rewards come (and they will) you will have already embraced the difficulty, overcome the challenges thus appreciating more the victory.
"Know that the seeds of victory lie within the struggle,
while the toils to overcome,
waters and nurtures it
into a Mighty Oak".-TMG
