Vanity of vanities.
What does man gain by his toil.
Too many ups and downs, too many worried sighs.
Not enough rooting in spiritual soil.

I was thinking of Padre Pio’s wisdom.
Hope, he said, pray and don’t worry.
There’s how into peace we slowly come.
We can pause, slow down and tarry.I arrived at Buckfast for a talk on prayer.
What is prayer but a lifting up of the mind.
Finding God and peace layer by layer.
To oneself and others being kind.

Be calm , a generation goes.
A generation comes then goes.

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All are vanities
What do we gain by our toil
Precious little

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See Ecclesiastices 1: 2-11