<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=5 FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0"><B>My Lord God,</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0"><BR>
I have no idea where I am going. <BR>
I do not see the road ahead<BR>
of me. I cannot know for certain <BR>
where it will end. Nor do I really<BR>
know myself, and the fact that I<BR>
think that I am following your will<BR>
does not mean that I am actually<BR>
doing so. But I believe that the<BR>
desire to please you does in fact<BR>
please you. And I hope I have that<BR>
desire in all that I am doing. I hope<BR>
that I will never do anything apart<BR>
from that desire. And I know that<BR>
if I do this you will lead me by the<BR>
right road though I may know nothing<BR>
about it. Therefore will I trust <BR>
you always though I may seem to<BR>
be lost and in the shadow of death.<BR>
I will not fear, for you are ever<BR>
with me, and you will never leave<BR>
me to face my perils alone. +++<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=4 FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0"> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0">THOMAS MERTON</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=4 FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0"><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0">-<I>Thoughts in Solitude</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0"></I><BR>
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