O Lord God,

I have no idea where I am going.

I do not see the road ahead of me,

I cannot know for certain where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,

and the fact that I think I am following Your will

does not mean that I am actually doing so.

But I believe that the desire to please You does in fact please You.

And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.

I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire to please You.

And I know that if I do this

You will lead me by the right road,

though I may know nothing about it.

Therefore, I will trust You always though I may seem to be lost

and in the shadow of death

I will not fear,

for You are ever with me,

and You will never leave me

to make my journey alone.

- Amen

From "A Seven Day Journey with Thomas Merton" by Thomas Merton