Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers

but to be fearless in facing them.

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Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain

but for the heart to conquer it.

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Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield

but to my own strength.

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Let me not care in anxious fear to be saved

but hope for the patience to win my freedom.

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Grant me that I may not be a coward,

feeling your mercy in my success alone;

but let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.

 

- Rabindranath Tagore