A Tuesday Prayer

Every day is a fresh beginning,
Listen my soul to the glad refrain.
    And, in spite of old sorrows
    And older sinning,
    Troubles forecasted
    And possible pain,
Take heart with the day and begin again.
                              --Susan Coolidge in Women Pray:Voices Through the Ages, from Many Faiths,
                                                                Cultures and Traditions ed. Monica Furlong