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− | I seek a future different from the past. | + | <center>'''I seek a future different from the past.'''</center> |
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− | From new perception of the world there comes a future very different from
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− | the past. The future now is recognized as but extension of the present. Past
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− | mistakes can cast no shadows on it, so that fear has lost its idols and its
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− | images, and being formless, it has no effects. Death will not claim the future
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− | now, for life is now its goal, and all the needed means are happily provided.
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− | Who can grieve or suffer when the present has been freed, extending its
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− | security and peace into a quiet future filled with joy?
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− | Father, we were mistaken in the past, and choose to use the present to be | + | From new [[perception]] of the world there comes a [[future]] very [[different]] from |
− | free. Now do we leave the future in Your Hands, leaving behind our past | + | the [[past]]. The future now is recognized as but [[extension]] of the [[present]]. Past |
− | mistakes, and sure that You will keep Your present promises, and guide the | + | [[mistakes]] can cast no [[shadows]] on it, so that [[fear]] has lost its [[idols]] and its |
− | future in their holy light. | + | images, and being formless, it has no effects. [[Death]] will not claim the future |
| + | now, for life is now its [[goal]], and all the needed means are happily provided. |
| + | Who can [[grieve]] or suffer when the present has been freed, extending its |
| + | [[security]] and [[peace]] into a [[quiet]] future filled with [[joy]]? |
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| + | :''Father, we were mistaken in the past, and choose to use the present to be'' |
| + | :''free. Now do we leave the future in Your Hands, leaving behind our past'' |
| + | :''mistakes, and sure that You will keep Your present promises, and guide the'' |
| + | :''future in their holy light.'' |
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