Lord Slow Me Down 
Ease the pounding of my heart by quieting my mind 
steady my hurried pace. 
Give me, in the confusion of my day, 
the calmness of the everlasting hills. 
Break the tension of my nerves and muscles. 
Help me to know the magical, restoring 
power of sleep. 
Teach me to take minute vacations by 
slowing down to look at a flower, a cloud, to chat 
with a friend, to pat a dog, to read a few lines 
from a good book. Remind me that the race 
is not always to the swift, that there is 
more to life than increasing speed. 
Let me look upward into the branches of the towering 
oak and know that it grew great and strong slowly 
and well. 
Lord, slow me down. 
Inspire in me to send my roots deep into the soil 
of life's enduring values that I may grow 
toward the stars of my destiny... 
  
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