To Be Loved, As To Love

"Make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;and where there is sadness, joy.

O heavenly Father, grant that I
may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying
that we are born to eternal life."
~ Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Time helps you see things clearer.

I said this prayer every day

when I attended St. Francis High

I still find my way back.
Meaning resonates 

Words comfort 

And my hope for peace remains.