Here's another cutting I came across today. Spoke to me, perhaps to you also.

"O God, Who hast ordained that whatever is to be desired, should be sought by labor, and Who, by Thy blessing, bringest honest labor to good effect; look with mercy upon my studies and endeavors. Grant me, O Lord, to design only what is lawful and right, and afford me calmness of mind, and steadiness of purpose, that I may so do Thy will in this short life, as to obtain happiness in the world to come, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." --Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

-- Randal (randal@rhyme.cjb.net), December 13, 2001

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I like this Randal, "calmness of mind, and steadiness of purpose" that is a good goal to reach for I think.

-- Melissa (me@home.net), December 13, 2001.

Those two phrases, and the latter especially, caught my attention.

-- Randal (randal@rhyme.cjb.net), December 13, 2001.