Teach me, teach me, teach me, Lord, of gentleness. Teach me, soften me. Let my arms be home to the gentlest of all creatures. Let me find my own home in the arms of the gentlest of all creatures. Let me be a lighthouse, a bastion of safety in chaotic seas. Let me make people feel warm, feel safe, feel understood. Let me be solace in this world that can be anything but forgiving. Let me be the forgiveness this world is not. Forgive me the times I wasn’t. This is what I want. 

Please, please, please teach me how to love.