Its Sunday, so I'm thinking of highlighting one of Solzhenitsyn's religious poems. This one is called A Prayer and was written shortly after he became famous publishing One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
How easy for me to live with you, Lord!
How easy to believe in you!
When my mind casts about
or flags in bewilderment,
when the cleverest among us
cannot see past the present evening,
not knowing what to do tomorrow --
you send me the clarity to know
that you exist
and will take care
that not all paths of goodness should be barred.
At the crest of earthly fame
I look back in wonderment
at the journey beyond hope--to this place,
from which I was able to send mankind
a reflection of your rays.
And however long the time
that I must yet reflect them
you will give it to me.
And whatever I fail to accomplish
you surely have allotted unto others.
I appreciate the awareness at the end, that God has given him certain things to accomplish, but has given others things to accomplish as well. Or in more "churchy" terms, respect for one's one vocation, but also respect for the vocations of others.
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