A Prayer for Moving Forward

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Where have you tried unsuccessfully to do things on your own?

Where have you resisted support?

Amida Buddha, Lahaina, Maui

How has it stopped you from shining? 

 Right here, right now, it’s time to let go and move forward.

And this is the prayer to do so.

 

Are you there God? It’s me {insert your name}.

I’ve had it, I’m done, I surrender.

I hereby give up my need to do it my way, and I’m asking for help.

Help me be clear, and of service.

Help me show up and share my gifts.

And please…

Help me get out of my own way.

I want to shine so bright that even you God, have got to wear shades.

I know what I’m here to do.

Help me do it.

 

44 conversations started on “A Prayer for Moving Forward”

  1. How is it that you speak to my soul every single time? You are wonderful and I love you for it.
     
    My prayer is for faith to believe in my dream and strength to push back at my fears. I believe. I am strong enough. I’ve made it this far. I can go even farther.

  2. I can’t even answer you right now. I’m too raw, too teary, too open after reading this. I think I’ve been praying this, wordlessly, formless, for a long time, and to have words to use…that’s simply precious. Thank you.

    1.  @Jill Salahub I’m teary right there with you. Mostly because I have no idea where these words came from. When I sat down to write yesterday, this was not on my agenda and when I saw what I had written…well, I’ll admit I wasn’t sure about sharing it. But I’m glad I trusted my intuition 🙂 
       
      Thanks for being here Jill. 

  3. Love, love, LOVE, this post and your beautiful prayer, Sandi. I pray some version of that prayer every day. It keeps me grounded and humble, and keeps me from forgetting that what is most meaningful and important to me is to be of service, and that I can best do that when I do NOT rely solely on my own abilities. Thank you, Sandi, for allowing yourself to be so bold and so vulnerable in sharing this. 

    1.  @LisaWilder For those of us who are strong and independant, surrendering and asking for what we need is a challenge. And while this prayer is short and sweet, it felt like it came from a very deep place. I’m so pleased it’s resonating. xoS

  4. Beautiful! And not only because it reminded me of Judy Blume and how her books saved my pre-adolescent sanity…but because it is what I would pray for everyone.Today, and everyday, my prayer is: “Please let me be free from the stories of my past. Please let me not waste time grasping at the future. Just let me be here, present in this moment, where I am one with Your Love.” 

    1.  @JennyBBones Oh, Jenny! You just brought back some great memories. I didn’t grow up with any kind of religious upbringing, but I’ve always (for as long as I can remember anyway) had a very strong faith in God. When my honey asked me one night how that came to be if my parents didn’t introduce me to it, I thought about if for a moment and then realized…it may well have been reading Judy Blume’s “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret” that sparked it. ; )

      1.  @LisaWilder  @JennyBBones Great minds think alike! 
        As I was writing out the words of the prayer that book title came to mind and I remembered how much I loved it. Seemed appropriate for this prayer, which I know can apply to anything but in my mind I wrote it as a prayer for solopreneurs. 

    2.  @JennyBBones Thank you for sharing your prayer. I love the plea for support; not like a needy plea but rather as a conscious choice to reach out and ask for what we need. A heartfelt plea. xoS 

  5. Sandi-
     
    You make me teary more often than not. I feel almost like a small child, placing my hand in yours because you’ve walked this path before me. I know that you want to empower people to do the work themselves, but I must say, damn, it feels good to have the Sandi angel peeking over my shoulder saying, “Really? You sure? Mmm…..let’s think about this some more.” 
     
     

    1.  @jwitcraft I usually think of it as being on a path and there are people I look up to and admire slightly ahead of me, and people I can support and encourage slightly behind me. This morning an image came to mind…a labyrinth. We’re all walking this labyrinth together and sometimes I’m on the other side of the path seemingly far away and as we keep walking, I’m suddenly right there beside you. 
       
      love you Jeanie. xoS

    1.  @Amy Grams Thank YOU Amy for being here and sharing your response. Now I’m teary and jwitcraft is teary and we’re all here together 🙂 

  7. This is so beautiful! I love the part of just “showing up.” How often are we so scared of our gift we don’t even show up to accept the blessings.
     
    My prayer:
    Allow me to start off every day willing to be broken and poured out.
    Help me to see myself as a clay vessel molded by your intention to contain what you desire me to have.
    Strengthen me as I allow my heart to be broken so that I am humbled and compassionate to the world.

    1.  @Crayon Wrangler There’s a quote that says much of success is just showing up. What you and I are talking about though is showing up truly, being fully prepared to share and receive the blessings – in the fullest, most abundant sense.
       
      Methinks that God would love that and would be thrilled to wear shades in our honour 🙂 

  8. “I know what I”m here to do. Help me do it.”  Beautiful.  The whole poem/prayer is beautiful, Sandi. 
     
    I start my day the same way I’ve started it for 14 years (well, occasionally I miss a day) — “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.  Thy will, not mine, be done.” 
     
    Surrender — the keys to the gates of freedom.

    1.  @Carol Hess Still amazed at how these words showed up and just flowed out of me. And that they are now touching others. 
       
      “Thy will, not mine, be done.” – still the hardest part for me and where my path is heading. 

    2.  @Carol Hess Still amazed at how these words showed up and just flowed out of me. And that they are now touching others. 
       
      “Thy will, not mine, be done.” – still the hardest part for me and where my path is heading. 

  10. I love your brilliance:
     
    “I want to shine so bright that even you God, have got to wear shades.”
     
    First a post about faith, and now one about prayer…methinks someone is divinely guided right now ;).
     
    My prayer is to continue recognizing and learning from my own ego clutter so I can serve as a vessel for those beautiful souls who need some loving reflection to guide them on their way.

  12. This is wonderful ,i thank God everyday for the wonderful people in my life ,and the wonderful life i have.And the wonderful life  ahead of me.Thats alot of wonderful. Whatever your belief’s maybe or your thoughts are ,its good to talk to God now and again .
    Thank you San xx

    1. It IS good to talk to God now and then, and for many years I refused to consider it. Thankfully I am in a place where it seems much more natural! 

  13. I love this Sandi – and a detox is amazing for opening pathways to connection with spirit, ourselves, others – looks like you’re doin’ it!  Wonderful prayer – love it when it just pours out.  Thanks for sharing it.

  14. Sandi,
    I don’t have a prayer? I find myself repeating affirmations like….I am at peace and all is well. Actually, that’s one of my favorite affirmation. Sometimes I wonder whether I might have OCD because I’ll suddenly realize I’ve been repeating an affirmation – like a bazillion times. lol

    1.  @AngelaArtemis1 All is well is one of my favourite mantras Angela! Sometimes I repeat it over and over to myself as I fall asleep. I don’t usually have a prayer either; this one just appeared out of the blue 🙂

  15. Awww Sandi, that is so nice 🙂  You just got a download from your spiritual team, that’s where the post came from.  This is a very common thread running through many people’s lives right now, kind of like a consistent message being sent to us from the universe.  We want to serve, we want to shine and do our purpose, we know what that purpose is, but…some days we need help getting out of our own way, in the worst way!  Lately my most commonly repeated message to self is,”With God (you can call it whatever you want, the universe, source, etc) e.v.e.r.y  t.h.i.n.g. is possible.”  Just a little reminder that we are supported all of the time and we will get there.  Keeping the mind and the heart open along the way helps a lot.

  16. “Lord, 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 Divine Master, 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.”  Thy will be done.
    I love this prayer, it has brought me great peace and it resonates with me deeply.  Great topic Sandi
     

  17. My Lenten prayer was similar: asking Godde to help me let go of things that weren’t mine to begin with. It was a wonderfully freeing time. Now I’m moving into this prayer. What do I need to do now? Is your friend going to post her sermon? I’d love to read it.

  18. My Lenten prayer was similar: asking Godde to help me let go of things that weren’t mine to begin with. It was a wonderfully freeing time. Now I’m moving into this prayer. What do I need to do now? Is your friend going to post her sermon? I’d love to read it.

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