"twenty plus years"
I have been carrying a laminated copy of this prayer around for 20 years, just about to the date (1.15.2001). It seems to say everything that needs to be said if you want to keep a good attitude and keep it simple. It struck me one day while visiting a church with a friend...
Saint Christopher Prayer
Father, grant that I may be a bearer of Christ Jesus, your Son. Strengthen me by your Holy Spirit to carry out my mission of changing the world or some definite part of it for the better. Despite my lamentable failures, bring home to me that my advantages are your blessings to be shared with others. Strengthen me by your Holy Spirit to carry out my mission of changing the world or some definite part of it for the better. Make me more energetic in setting right what I find wrong with the world instead of complaining about it. Nourish in me a practical desire to build up rather than tear down, to reconcile instead of polarize, to go out on a limb rather than crave security. Never let me forget that it is far better to light one candle than to curse the darkness, and to join my light one day, with yours, Amen