Slow me down...Lord!

Ease the pounding of my heart~
by the quieting of my mind.
Steady my hurried pace~
Give me amidst the day's confusion~
the calmness of the everlasting hills

Break the tensions of my nerves and the muscles~
with the soothing music of singing streams
that live in my memory.
.
Help me to know the magical restoring power of sleep~
Teach me the art of "minute vacations"...
slowing down to look at a flower,
to chat with a friend, to read a few lines from a good enriching book

Remind me of the fable of the hare and the tortoise~
that the race is not always to the swift ; that there's more to than measuring its speed
.
Let me look up to the branches of the towering oak and know~
that it grew slowly and well.
Inspire me to send my own roots down deep into the soil~
of life's endearing values...that i may grow toward the stars of my great destiny.

Slow me down...Lord!!