[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12011]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious Father, You give us inner eyes to see You and Your truth. 
Today we celebrate the birthday of Helen Keller, born on this day in 
1880. Thank You for her courageous life. With Your help she overcame 
tremendous obstacles of being born blind and deaf. We are grateful for 
people like Anne Sullivan who taught her to read braille so that later 
she could attend Radcliffe College and eventually become a prolific 
author.
  Our spirits are lifted today as we ponder Helen Keller's words, ``I 
thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my 
work, my God.'' We intentionally adopt for our lives four things Helen 
Keller urged us to learn in life: ``To think clearly without hurry or 
confusion; To love everyone sincerely; To act in everything with the 
highest motives; To trust God unhesitantly.'' And for our work, 
Keller's words ring true: ``Alone we can do so little; together we can 
do so much.'' Thank You, Father, for the memory of this great woman. 
Help us today to use all that we have to do as much good as we can in 
as many circumstances and to as many people as we can. You are our Lord 
and Saviour. Amen.

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