a skiers' prayer

Let me give thanks, dear Lord, in the frailty of age,
for the beloved mountains of my youth,
 for the challenge of rock and for the joy of skiing,
for the friends with whom I climbed and skied,
and above all, dear Lord,
for the moments of revelation
when the moments of temporal beauty
of the mountains reinforces my faith
in the eternal beauty
which is not subject to decay.


                                           Sir Arnold Lunn  (  1888 -  1974 )














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