Give Me Strength

Life is a fortress full of beauty and grace

In this country so faraway as i bathe in the beauty

Of the rolling mountains and graceful countrysides

As I am a stranger in this foreign land

I try so hard to understand their ways that are

So different from mine but try as I may it is all

In vain as the friendship of an american seems to be

Not what they want or need

Through turmoil and heartache I try to abide with

Their cultural differences everyday

When it seems more than I can bare I seek help from

Above and I ask the lord our father to give me the

Strength and the love to understand to

Give me the strength to endure their hate and help

Me to love them in spite of our differences and enjoy

The beauty and grace

Judy Ritchie-Ramirez

Written 1977