A Morning Prayer

By Dr. M. E. Hecht

Let me remember to listen to a fall of rain or watch for the radiance of dawn.
Let me remember the miracle of a garden, where a small, desiccated seedling becomes a head of vetdant lettuce or the green cup of a deep purple eggplant
And savor the odors and taste of the kitchen.

Let me remember to listen for birds as they wing through the sky and bless the familiarity of their song.
Let me wonder at the munificence of the planet earth, my home

And the eternity of the cosmos it inhabits

And ask to save the least deserving of its creatures: mankind.