For Divorce or a Breakup

FOR DIVORCE OR A BREAKUP

As I withdraw, may I give myself time. May I stay present as memories and feelings arise. Draw me closer to You, to my soul, and to good friends.

Please unburden me from unfulfilled yearnings, pain, frustrations, and bitterness. Help these ferment into goodness. Remind me that emptiness is fertile ground for the new.

May I take time to till the soil of my awareness, sorting past hopes and dreams, aerating them with generosity, releasing what’s needed to keep my heart tender and unencumbered.

I don’t want to stay frozen in the past. Let my prayer help me become aware of the potential in the present. I want to see the good in the past and in what is ahead. Free me from judgment and anger. There are more potent ways for creating forward motion in my life.

I trust in You that the time will come where clouds will part for me, and the sun will shine on new pathways for wholehearted joy, friendship, and love.

[When one or more children are involved]

Help me disentangle from this relationship, and still know that for my child(ren), this remains their family. Help me face with clarity that the space between parents is the emotional landscape in which our child(ren) will be raised, even without us being married.

Please give me hope and help me find my power to manifest health in this space.

Guide me to show my child(ren) how hurt can strengthen the soul, and nourish compassion, kindness, and connection with You. Help me raise children who have a joyful, loving heart, able to see the good in themselves and in others.

Help me do everything in my power so that my children will be able to love wholeheartedly.

Guide my words and actions so I can look back on them with a sense of dignity.