O God, while above this day, the heavens in your majesty chant of glory and splendor…
I fashion the hand-jerk gesture, lurid epithet, and horn-blast salute on my commute.
I loose the maddening shriek over unrinsed toothpaste in the sink.
I mutter the predictable whine about emptying the trash.
I stew in the sullen silence of a seasoned pouter when I’m left out, not invited, not included.
I slam the door to make my point to the dog.
O God, hear my sorrow in my confession; forgive my being servant to trivial pursuits. Amen.
—Maren Tirabassi and Joan Jordan Grant, An Improbable Gift of Blessing: Prayers and Affirmations to Nurture the Spirit, p. 135
