A prayer for strengthening after a slack period

Master of the World, I want to strengthen myself. I went through a period in which I grew slack. Things I used to be careful about slipped away slowly, my prayer grew shorter, my learning was put off, and I feel that I have lost something of the vitality I had.

I do not want to wait for a moment of great awakening to come over me. I want to strengthen myself now, from a place of weakness, in small things I can hold on to. Let me choose one thing and keep it day after day, even when there is no enthusiasm.

And let me choose wisely. Not the hardest thing, which I will quickly break, but something I can truly keep, and from which I can go further.

Help me see the good that is already in me: the points where I succeeded, the times I chose rightly even though it was hard. Do not let me dismiss them just because they are not perfect. They are the ground I can stand on.

And give me good company. People who strengthen one another, who remind me what matters when I forget, and whom I too can strengthen when they grow weak.

And let me rejoice in every small step of strengthening, and not wait for a great change in order to feel that I am on the way.

And let me remember that every strengthening, even a small one, counts before You: one day of persistence, one prayer with intention, one resolution I kept. From all these strength is built, and from within them one can rise and grow, slowly and with joy.