Help me to be as trustworthy as I am cautious. Help me to be careful when confiding and relying on new people. Let me find the information I need quickly so that I can make the right decisions about new friends and colleagues.
Thank you for the strangers that have assisted me during difficult moments. Let me pass their assistance on to someone else in need. Help me to appreciate the impact of others on my life.
Remind me to be cordial to strangers. Let me remember other people's circumstances are very different from my own. Help me to bridge relationships over differences when necessary.
Help me to be more empathetic to people I don't know. Let me see through the walls they've surrounded themselves with. Help me to identify cries for help before they become literal.
Please help me keep my cool with those that stress me out. Let me find opportunities to cool down when my temperature rises. Help me to focus when my emotions distract me.
Help me to protect those in need and wrap them up with love. Let me fight their demons without taking the responsibility away from them. Help me to lead them to the path they want to be on.
Help me to understand the needs of others. Let me listen to their words and pay attention to their actions. Help me to not impose my own expectations on them.
Help me to be a good neighbor both literally and figuratively. Let me be there for people in need whether I know them or not. Help me find the strength to give things up when it's better to share them with others.
Help me to give people the benefit of the doubt. Help me to not always jump to conclusions and hear their side of the story. Let me give people time for their character to show through and fight my superficial urges.
Help me to be supportive of others. Let me find ways to assist them with any problem. Help me develop the insight to know how I can best serve the people in my life.