a prayer

The first rule is simply this:

Live this life and do whatever is done, in a

spirit of thanksgiving.

Abandon attempts to achieve security, they are

futile,

give up the search for wealth,

it is demeaning,

quiet the search for salvation,

it is selfish,

and come to comfortable rest in the certainty

that those who participate

in this life

with an attitude of thanksgiving will receive its full promise.

From Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living by John McQuiston II