A Hiking Prayer

The following prayer was contributed by Paul S. Wolf who is Sysop of The Freenet Scouting Center and a member of the Greater Cleveland Council. A Hiking Prayer by Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1722-1811) Master of the Universe Grant me the ability to be alone; May it be my custom to go outdoors each day Among the trees and grass, among all living things. And there may I be alone, and enter into prayer, To talk with the one to whom I belong. May I express there everything in my heart, And may all the foliage of the field (All grasses, trees, and plants) May they all awake at my coming, To send the powers of their life into the words of my prayer So that my prayer and speech are made whole Through the life and the spirit of all growing things, Which are made as one by their transcendent source.