Thy Will Be Done

We found By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, by Paulo Coelho, at the bookstore at last. It's lovely.

Thy will be done, my Lord.  Because you know the weakness in the heart of your children, and you assign each of them only the burden they can bear.  May you understand my love -- because it is the only thing I have that is really mine, the only thing that I will be able to take with me into the next life.  Please allow it to be courageous and pure; please make it capable of surviving the snares of the world.