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Dear Nursing Friends,

The following prayer–the Saint Francis Prayer– is good for us as we show up every day to the front lines of battle to do what we do best every day in the work place.

We are not saints–far from it!! But the thoughts of this prayer can be a mantra, and a reminder–to treat each person we care for with the highest love and respect.

The Saint Francis Prayer

           Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
             Where there is hatred let me sow love;
        Where there is injury, pardon;
     Where there is doubt, faith;
        Where there is despair, hope;
          Where there is darkness, light;
        Where there is sadness, joy.

            O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
         To be consoled as to console,
           To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love;
           For it is giving that we receive;
           It is pardoning that we are pardoned;

And it is dying to self that we are born to eternal life.

                                                                      —Saint Francis of Assisi

Type this prayer--laminate it--and place it in the pocket closest to your heart.

Peace (of mind)

     Kate loving Shenk