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This is a repost from 2009. It was inspired by the National Day of Prayer. In a bit of blessed synchronicity, NDP was May First this year. Pictures today are from Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. The social media picture is not dated. “Southerland, Tuttle, and Brenan; Loading Zone Peachtree at Houston”.
Good Morning God. Please give me the slack I need to make it through this busy life. I had a birthday recently. I am getting older. Thank you for letting me get this far. Please give me less pain, both above and below the neck. Thank you for the gift of sobriety, and the memory of inebrience. The gift of moderation would have been helpful. Help me to overcome the chemistry that tells me to be unhappy.
Please tell Christians to make less noise, joyful or otherwise. Help me to forgive them. Give Christians a bit more humility. Help “some” Christians to get over their projection issues, and quit hating gay people. Let people know that you do not write books. Let men know that A REAL MAN KEEPS CONTROL OF HIS TEMPER. Please tell the people praying that it is better to listen, than to talk.
Please find a happy medium for Atlanta water. Let us have neither drought nor flood. It would help if the developers would move to North Carolina, and the politicians would grow a conscience. This may be too much for you God … see if Satan can help.
God, Please try to get along better with Allah. This is important. Maybe if you and her got along better, then all those religious crazies would hate each other less. Help white people and black people get along better. Please be good to the people who have already lived, and are now deceased. Please understand that I am not in a hurry to join them. … I have learned that “God”, “Allah”, and “Yahweh” are all names for YHWH. Whatever.
Help Mr. Trump with the mess this country is in. Help Israel get along with her neighbors, and live within her borders. Help the world solve the carbon dioxide problem.
Thank you for the birds that sing. I will listen to them,  and not an electronic device. Thank you for dogs, and dog owners who clean up. Thank you for earth, air, fire, and water. Thank you for incomplete lists. Namaste, amen, all my relations, Good Bye.