Dear God

Dear God
 Let me not  be sheltered from dangers
 but to be fearless in facing them.
 Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain
  but for the heart to conquer it.
 Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield
   but to my own strength.
 Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved
  but hope for the patience to win my freedom.
 Grant me that I may not be a coward
  feeling your mercy in my success alone;
 But let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.  
; Rabindranath Tagore.