Detached from the things of this world!

Forbid it Lord, that our roots become to firmly attached to this earth, that we should fall in love with things. Help us to understand that the pilgrimage of this life is but an introduction, a preface, a training school for what is to come. Then we see all of life in it’s true perspective. Then shall we not fall in love with the things of time, but come to love the things that endure. Then shall we be saved from the tyranny of possessions which we have no leisure to enjoy, of property who care becomes a burden. Give is, we pray , the courage to simplify our life.