A Prayer for This Year

"O Thou, who transformed one clod of earth into gold, and another clod into the Father of humanity,
Thy work is the transformation of essences and the showing of generosity; my work is mistake and forgetfulness and error.
Change mistake and forgetfulness into knowledge: I am all peevishness and anger, make me into patience and forbearance.
O You, who make the distracted soul to be a guide, and O You, who make the wayless wanderer to be a prophet,
You make a piece of earth to be heaven, You give increase to the earth from the stars...
God gives a hundred thousand states of existence, one after another , each one better than the one before.
Our bewilderment gives us admission to the Divine Presence...
O stubborn, disobedient one, you have experienced a hundred thousand resurrections at every moment from the beginning of your existence until now...
Take the new and surrender the old, for every "this year" of yours is superior to three "Last years."

Rumi (Vol. 5, 780-809)

Commentary: Rumi is all about miracles. Those of us whose work is all mistake and error and forgetfulness, those of us who excel at peevishness, distraction, stubbornness and getting lost are promised transformation...this year.