Prayer
    Let us pray for the people we know who are not happy in their lives - and  for the ones we don’t  about — who hide their unhappiness from the world.  let us think of them and offer them our prayers.
    Pray that whatever is making them unhappy can be taken away or relieved or diffused  - maybe they are unhappy with the way their life is going - burdened with worries about money or children or relationships, burdened because of their work - or lack of work - burdened by health problems.  burdened by financial problems.
     In our prayer let us acknowledge there are so many causes of unhappiness.
    Let us pray that somewhere within the spirits of the people who are unhappy there is a light shining.  A light that that can be followed and leads the way out of the labyrinth and into the sunshine where the spirit can emerge and feel the love of life all around
     Let us pray for ourselves - that we do not cause unhappiness for others - and if we have, let us in prayer send our regrets.  If we are unhappy ourselves let us not fear to face whatever it is that causes it - if it is short term, let us recover quickly - if it is long term let us consider what we need to end its sorrow.
    And let us pray that we can find the courage to share our feelings when a listening ear would give such comfort.    Let us not deceive ourselves into believing that friends do not want to help us, that friends are not concerned for us when we have our problems.
    Let us give thanks for the circle of our friends  and the comforts and the support that comes from friendships where we care for one another.   In our prayer let us try not to shun a plea for friendship.
    This is our prayer