Lord, help me to love myself
in the same way that I love
the sunbeam
and the scent of fallen leaves.
Help to hold myself
in the same way I am held
by the Autumn morning
stretching its golden arms
around my heart.
And help me to believe
increasingly
in this world of aching wonder,
which somehow
includes me.
Gideon Heugh
Gideon Heugh 