"my Lord God, i have no idea where i am going. i do not see the read 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 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 everything i am doing. i hope that i will never do anything apart from that desire 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 face my perils alone."
thomas merton
