The Prayer of St. Francis

I found this prayer entirely by accident the other day. It pretty much rocked my world, it's one of the most incredible things I've seen in awhile.

The Prayer of St. Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;

where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,

grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;

to be understood, as to understand;

to be loved, as to love;

for it is in giving that we receive,

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

Amen.

This isn't so much prayer as it is a lifestyle. A person could live their entire life trying to fulfill this prayer, and it would not be wasted.