Grief & Loss
Grief and Loss Prayers
Prayer for the World's People
Although the people living across the ocean surrounding us, I believe, are all our brothers and sisters, why are there constant troubles in this world? Why do winds and waves rise in the ocean surrounding us? I only earnestly wish that the wind will soon puff away all the clouds which are hanging over the tops of the mountains.
Source: The Peace Abbey
TAGS: Forgiveness, Peace
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