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A Fencer's Prayer



Dear God,

I thank you for this body.

I thank you for the muscles that are strong and quick
and true.

I thank you for these hands, these feet, these eyes.

I thank you for this mind.

I thank you for the reflexes and control that keep me,
and others safe.



Dear God,

I thank you for my brothers at arms and the friendship
we have grown.

I thank you for the need to learn.

I thank you for the skill to teach others to find how they
are much more they ever knew they could be.

I thank you for the knowledge that I can be more than I
ever knew I could be.

I thank you for a heart big enough that I celebrate their
victories, even at my own defeat.



Dear God,

I thank you for the joy of it.

I thank you for the laughter of it.

I thank you for the love of it.

Above all, I thank you for the Fight.

~Celeste L. Will

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