I Am Not Yet Finished
Not finished. Not by a long shot.

That is the powerful message of the middle line of the following prayer from St. Anselm. I found it thanks to Maggi Dawn. So what if one is closer to 60 than 50 (let alone 25)? So what if someone is facing uncertainty in a shelter in New Orleans. Deep down we have been told for years it is the awareness that life isn't finished with me yet- and I'm not finished with life yet- that gets us through the world of each of our days. Viktor Frankl said the same in his magnificent book Man's Search for Meaning about his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. It is always true if we are willing to take that risk that the things I have been created to do are still ahead of me....

O Lord my God
teach my heart
where and how to seek you,
where and how to find you.
O Lord you are my God
and you are my Lord
and I have never seen you.
You have made me and remade me,
and you have bestowed on me all the good things I possess
and still I do not know you.

I have not yet done that for which I was made.

Teach me to seek you
for I cannot seek you unless you teach me
or find you unless you show yourself to me.
Let me seek you in my desire,
let me desire you in my seeking.
Let me find you by loving you,
let me love you when I find you.

St Anselm