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Good Lord! 
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You know better than i not to know, i


 am growing older and will some day be old. 
&&Acknowledge
Help me change fatal habits of saying something on every subject at every occasion. 
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Release my craving for straightening out everyone's affairs. 
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Keep me thoughtful but not moody: helpful but not bossy.. 
&&Uncertain
Such wisdom Needs using but not all at once: You know Lord, i'll need a few friends in the end.
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Keep my mind free from straying in endless details; 
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give me wings to fly to the Point. 
&&Fly

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Open my mind to; Listen for the point!

&&Acknowledge
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Seal my lips on aches and pains. 
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Give me strength for Love of rehearsing it:
 
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^@ It comes sweeter all the Time. 
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i dare not ask for grace as well for enjoying tales of other's pains, 
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^+ but endure those patiently.

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i ask not for improved memory, but growing humility; 
less cock-sureness when my memory clashes with memories of others. 
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Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally, i may be wrong. Keep me sweet; 
Not perfect and hard to Live with; and not a stingy sour old cow or back bighting bigot either, conniving works of the devil. 
Refine my abilities for seeing Good Things in unexpected places: Genius in unexpected People: 
And give me, O Lord, the grace to Say It's So. 
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\chr="Whisper"\iS Backbiting saying evil things of others in their absence? 
\chr="Whisper"\iS Slander telling lies about others with intention of injuring them? 
\chr="Whisper"\iS detraction revealing sins of others without necessity?  
\chr="Whisper"\for what are we really thirsting?