Fellow Traveler:

Teach me, Lord to be kind and gentle

In all the events of life:

In disappointment,

In the thoughtlessness of others,

In the insincerity of those I trusted,

In the unfaithfulness of those whom I relied.

Let me put myself aside,

To think of happiness of others,

To hide my little pains and heartaches,

So that I may be the only one

To suffer from them.

Teach me to profit by the suffering 

That comes across my path.

Let me use suffering that it may mellow me,

Not harden or embitter me;

That it may make me patient,

Not irritable;

That it may make me broad in forgiveness,

Not narrow and haughty,

Nor overbearing.

May no one be less good for having come

Within my influence,

No one less pure,

Less true, less kind, less noble,

For having been been a fellow traveler

In our journey toward eternal life...