O Life, container of us all, gift from a giver far beyond ourselves, undeserved blessing, we begin in debt to you and pledge our whole lives to making ourselves worthy of the privilege.
We begin our lives helpless, and loving arms reach out to hold us and care for us.
We begin with needs for love, for learning, for safety, and others appear to give us what we need.
As we grow stronger in our bodies, quicker in our minds, and more capable in our lives, we begin to become able to pay back some of the gift given to us, and there we discover that giving to others is as much a blessing as receiving.
Thank you for all the opportunities in our lives to give to others. Thank you for the opportunity to make our lives purposeful and meaningful through the actions that lift up others. And thank you for the understanding that by lifting others we lift ourselves.
Help us today to find ways to express our needs, to let others serve us, and to hear the needs of others, and offer our lives in service to them.
Amen.
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