Prayer: Vaclav Havel, Summer Meditations

It is I who must begin. 

Once I begin, once I try

 - here and now, 

right where I am, 

not excusing myself 

by saying things would be easier elsewhere... 

- to live in harmony 

with the "voice of Being," 

as I understand it within myself 

- as soon as I begin that, 

I suddenly discover, 

to my surprise, 

that I am neither the only one, 

nor the first, 

nor the most important one to have 

set out upon that road. 

Whether all is really lost or not 

depends entirely on 

whether or not I am lost.