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A Salesman's Prayer
From The Greatest Salesman in the World
by Og Mandino
Oh Creator of all things help me.
For this day I go out into the world naked and alone,
and without your hand to guide me
I will wander far from the path
which leads to success and happiness.
I ask not for gold or garments
or even opportunities equal to my ability;
instead, guide me so that I may acquire ability
equal to my opportunities.
You have taught the lion and the eagle
to hunt and prosper with teeth and claw.
Teach me how to hunt with words
and prosper with love so that I may be a lion
among men and an eagle in the market place.
Help me to remain humble
through obstacles and failures;
yet hide not from mine eyes
the prize that will come from victory.
Assign me tasks to which others have failed;
yet guide me to pluck the seeds
of success from their failures.
Confront me with fears that will temper
my spirit; yet endow me with courage
to laugh at my misgivings.
Spare me suficient days to reach
my goals; yet help me to live
this day as though it be my last.
Guide me in my words that they may bear fruit;
yet silence me from gossip that non be maligned.
Discipline me in the habit of trying and trying again;
yet show me the way to make use
of the law of averages. Favor me with
alertness to recognize opportunity;
yet endow me with patience which will
concentrate my strength.
Bathe me in good habits that the bad ones
my drown; yet grant me compassion for
weaknesses in others. Suffer me to know
that all things shall pass; yet help me to count
my blessings of today.
Expose me to hate so it not be a stranger; yet fill
my cup with love to turn strangers into friends.
But all these things be only if thy will.
I am a small and lonely grape cluthing the vine
yet thou hast made me different from all others.
Verily, there must be a special place for me.
Guide me. Help me. Show me the way.
Let me become all you planned for me when my seed was planted and selected by you to sprout in the vineyard of the world.
Help this humble salesman.
Guide me, God.
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