Freedom! Calls my name
Serenity! Keeps me sane
Happiness! It dulls the pain
Honest! To see my place
Open! To other ways
Willingness! To understand
Justice! But do not judge
Courtesy! For others’ flaws
Kindness! It's not that hard
Self-restraint! Of tongue and pen
Inventory! My daily bread
Analysis! Let down your guard
Look in the mirror! What do you see?
The shattered fortress that once bound me
Faithful ascent through darkest fires
I've found the path to take me higher
You're smart enough for me to trust
Go live your life now
Just keep these steps in your life
And you'll know how
If you're not sure, ask yourself
“Have I done to them
as I would have them do to me?”
Look in the mirror! What's that you see?
The shattered fortress - Fly now, be free!
Faithful ascent through darkest fires
I've found the path to take me higher
I once thought it better to be right,
but now I have finally seen the light
Sometimes you've got to be wrong and learn from mistakes
I live with serenity now, not self-righteous hate
(Help me be a channel of Thy peace
(That where there is hatred, I may bring love)
(That where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness)
(That where there is discord, I may bring harmony)
(That where there is error, I may bring truth)
(That where there is doubt, I may bring faith)
Now that you can see all you have done
(That where there is despair, I may bring hope
That where there are shadows, I may bring light)
It's time to take that step into the kingdom
(That where there is sadness, I may bring joy)
All your sins will help to make you strong
(That I may seek to comfort rather than to be comforted
That I may seek to understand rather than to be understood)
And help you break right through the prison wall
(That I may seek to love, rather than to be loved
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds,
and it is by forgiving that one is forgiven)
Keep all of me
The desires that once burned me deep inside
Help me live today
and help to give me grace to carry out your way
I am ready
Help me be all I can be
I am ready
Help guide me and keep me free
I am responsible when anyone, anywhere reaches out for help
I want my hand to be there.
