Saturday, 15 September 2018

A prayer for other real-life Harry Potters to use

May I be strong enough to do what I know I have to do. Even when it's hard and a lot more uncomfortable than not doing it would be.

I am rational enough to realize that worrying about whether my efforts will fail or succeed is pointless – it's just time away from the work I have to do. All I can do is all I can do. So I will do it to the best of my ability, and preferably with joy, and I won't allow myself to forget that even the most persuasive pessimist is actually fundamentally clueless about the future. Whether achieving the things that I dream of is impossible is something I won't know until after I've played my part.

May I be strong enough to play my part, and wise enough to realize that this strength, and not the end result, is the thing that I can and must keep asking for.

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