\u2026the ability to look at a jumble of things that matter and know which matters the most.<\/p>\n
\u2026the common sense to appreciate the common.<\/p>\n
\u2026the do-it to do good when no one is looking\u2026and the rise-to-it to be good when everybody is looking.<\/p>\n
\u2026the ability to know the difference between luck and grace.<\/p>\n
\u2026the clarity to see how wrong I was back when I was so sure of how right I was… and the memory of how often that has happened.<\/p>\n
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Please Grant Me<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2026faith, that I am not as small as I feel, and faith, that You are not as far away as my smallness tells me You are.<\/p>\n \u2026bigness, that I can absorb a wrong without making it worse, by trying to force it to be made right, in my timing.<\/p>\n \u2026the eyes to see the wealth of health, the health in peace, and the peace in patience.<\/p>\n _ \u00a0 _\u00a0 _\u00a0 _\u00a0 _\u00a0 _\u00a0 _\u00a0 _ \u00a0 _ \u00a0 _<\/p>\n While You\u2019re At It<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2026help me know that confidence is always one straw on the camel\u2019s back away from turning into pride, but humility makes me right sized for fellow man and right hearted for the Maker of Man.<\/p>\n \u2026don\u2019t let me disrespect the perch I\u2019ve just caught because someone is trying to sell me that I\u2019m no fisherman unless I land a whale.<\/p>\n \u2026help me to pick my battles wisely.\u00a0 There\u2019s a place for having standards, but letting go and letting God looks awful smart after you\u2019ve tried ready-fire-aim and made things worse.<\/p>\n \u2026let me appreciate the PhD of nature.\u00a0 No lectures, no tests, it teaches by being.<\/p>\n \u2026help me be a good American.\u00a0 I want to pull my weight, earn my way, and not make someone else clean up after me.<\/p>\n \u2026help me to quit looking for peace in all the wrong places.\u00a0 If it costs money, it\u2019s probably just the passing kind.<\/p>\n \u2026let me not forget old heart wounds.\u00a0 That it seems so long ago, and so healed over should make me brave for the rest of my life.\u00a0 We are indeed, fearfully and wonderfully made.<\/p>\n _ \u00a0 _\u00a0 _\u00a0 _\u00a0 _\u00a0 _\u00a0 _\u00a0 _ \u00a0 _ \u00a0 _<\/p>\n This edition of Uncle P\u2019s Bedtime Stories is brought to you by Eighty-one, where we hope you are granted the good things, whether you ask for them or not.<\/i><\/p>\n Uncle P\u2019s Bedtime Stories can be found on the Eighty-one Facebook page.\u00a0 He can be reached at 81creativity@gmail.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2026the ability to look at a jumble of things that matter and know which matters the most. \u2026the common sense to appreciate the common. \u2026the do-it to do good when no one is looking\u2026and the rise-to-it to be good when everybody is looking. \u2026the ability to know the difference between luck and grace. \u2026the clarity [&hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[59,894],"yoast_head":"\n