Carrying prayer

Do not be discouraged at your faults;

bear with yourself in correcting them,

as you would with your neighbor.

Lay aside this ardor of mind,

which exhausts your body,

and leads you to commit errors.

Accustom yourself gradually

to carry prayer into all your daily occupations.

Speak, move, work, in peace,

as if you were in prayer,

as indeed you ought to be.

François Fénelon

After a most chaotic week I'm joining Sandy in the quiet