Greetings Earthlings!

Being up late at night I see the stars and the moon a lot. Sometimes I just sit outside and stare up at them. Sometimes I share the view with a couple rabbits that come to feed on the green apples that have fallen to the ground. The airport nearby shuts down after 11 PM so it gets fairly quiet for being in the city limits.

You may call me a fool, but I have a hard time believing that no-one had a hand in their peace and beauty. This prayer flows through my head a lot when I am out there.

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

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. Amen

It help focus my mind and center my spirit, which in turn keeps me going with a smile on my face. Sometimes I wonder if I should have been a monk, but then I enjoy too many pleasures of the flesh.

Now I wander off to bed with Ann and the pups. My blessings be upon you.