I thought I'd share my favorite Irish prayer to end the year:Dear Lord,
Give me a few friends who will love me for what I am.
Keep ever burning before my vagrant steps
the kindly light of hope.
And though I come not within sight
of the castle of my dreams,
teach me to be thankful for life
and for time's olden memories
that are good and sweet.
And may the evening's twilight
find me gentle still.
