Lord, you know better than I know myself that I am growing older, and will someday be old.  Keep me from getting talkative, and particularly from the fatal habit of thinking that I must say something on every subject and on every occasion.

I ask for grace enough to listen to the tales of other’s pains.  But seal my lips on my own aches and pains; help me to endure them with patience.

Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places, and talents in unexpected people.  And give me, O Lord, the grace to tell them so.

(Anonymous, The One Year Book of Personal Prayer, 31 Jan)

Dear Lord, thanks for the discipline that helps me meet my goals.  (Rick Hamlin, Daily Guideposts, 20 Jan 2001)

Help me be kind to others and myself.  (Melody Beattie, 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact, Week 29, Day 7)

Give me the courage to walk my own path and trust You to guide others on their paths.  (Melody Beattie, 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact, Week 13, Day 7)

Thank You, Father, for the blessings You send me daily.  (Drue Duke, Daily Guideposts, 25 Jan 2001)

Father, after I plead for an answer to my own prayer, use me to answer the prayer of someone else.  (Sue Monk Kidd, Daily Guideposts, 22 Dec 1981)

I pray to remember, every day, every hour, and especially in times of crisis, that hostile behavior on my part will only add fuel to a fire that could destroy us both.  (One Day at a Time in Al-Anon, 24 January)