This is one of my favorite reflections. It is known as the Confederate Soldier's Prayer supposedly found in the pocket of a dead Confederate soldier:
"I asked for health
that I might do greater things;
I was given infirmity,
that I might do better things...
I asked for riches, that I might be happy;
I was given poverty,
that I might be wise...
I asked for power,
that I might have the praise of men;
I was given weakness,
that I might feel the need of God...
I got nothing that I asked for,
but everything I hoped for.
Almost despite myself,
my unspoken prayers were answered.
I am among all men most richly blessed."
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