A Prayer for the Year 2000

May you get a clean bill of health from your dentist,
your cardiologist, your proctologist or gynecologist,
your podiatrist, your psychiatrist, your plumber, and the I.R.S.

May your hair, your teeth, your face-lift, your ass and your stocks not fall;
and may your blood pressure, your triglycerides, your cholesterol,
your white blood count and your mortgage interest not rise.

May you find a way to travel from anywhere to anywhere
in the rush hour in less than an hour,
and when you get there may you find a parking space.

May Friday evening, December 31st, find you seated around the table,
together with your beloved family and cherished friends.
May you find the food better, the environment quieter,
the cost much cheaper, and the pleasure much more fulfilling
than anything else you might ordinarily do that night.

May you wake up on January 1st,
finding that the world has not come to an end, the lights work,
the water faucets flow, and the sky has not fallen.

May you go to the bank on Monday morning, January 3rd,
and find your account is in order, your money is still there,
and any mistakes are in your favor.

May you ponder on January 4th:
How did this ultra-modern civilization of ours
manage to get itself traumatized
by a possible slip of a blip on a chip made out of sand?

May God give you the strength to go through
a year of presidential campaigning,
and may some of the promises made be kept.
May you believe at least half of what the candidates propose,
and may those elected fulfill at least half of what they promise
- and may the miracle of reducing taxes and balancing budgets happen.

May you be awestruck by God's sense of humor
as you wrestle with the possibility that
a professional wrestler could become President of the United States.

May what you see in the mirror delight you,
and what others see in you delight them.
May someone love you enough to forgive your faults,
be blind to your blemishes, and tell the world about your virtues.

May the telemarketers wait to make their sales calls
until you finish dinner; may the commercials on TV
not be louder than the program you have been watching,
and may your check book and your budget balance
- and include generous amounts for charity.

May you remember to say "I love you" at least once a day
to your spouse, your child, your parent, your siblings;
but not to your secretary, your nurse, your masseuse,
your hairdresser or your tennis instructor.

And may the Lord come this year;
but if he does not, may we live as if he has
- in a world at peace and with the awareness of
God's love in every sunset, every flower's unfolding petals,
every baby's smile, every lover's kiss,
and every wonderful, astonishing, miraculous beat of our heart.

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