A prayer for success in what lies before me

Master of the World, I stand before something that matters to me very much. I invested time, thought and effort in it, and now the moment comes when it will be clear whether it succeeds.

Help me succeed. Give me a clear head at the moment of truth, a memory that will not fail me, and the right words. Let pressure and the fear of failure not silence me.

You know how long I waited for this moment, and how much I fear it will slip away from me. At the moment I stand before them, let me breathe, remember what I prepared, and be myself, without pretending to be someone else.

Let me do what is in my hands to the end: prepare well, check again, not settle for "it'll be fine". And after I have done all I could, let me leave the outcome with You.

And let me define success rightly. Let me not measure myself only by the result, but also by what I learned, by the way I conducted myself, by the honesty I did not give up.

And let me not see whoever competes with me as an enemy. If he succeeds too, let me be glad for him.

If I succeed, keep me from pride, and let me remember that I did not get there alone. And if not, let me get up, learn from the mistake and try again, without the failure defining me.

And let me rejoice in the road itself, in what I learned and what I invested, and thank You for the strength You gave me to come this far.