A PRAYER OF UNKNOWING BY THOMAS MERTON

My Lord God,

I have no idea where I am going.

I do not see the road ahead of me.

I cannot know for certain where it will end. 

Nor do I really know myself. 

And the fact that I think I am following Your will 

does not mean that I am actually doing so. 

But I believe that the desire to please You 

does in fact please You. 

And I hope I have that desire 

in all that I am doing. 

I hope that I will never do anything

apart from that desire. 

And I know that, if I do this, 

You will lead me by the right road, 

though I may know nothing about it. 

Therefore I will trust You always 

though I may seem to be lost.

And in the shadow of death. 

I will not fear, 

for You are ever with me. 

And You will never leave me 

to face my perils alone. 

Amen.

– Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude, page 79.