There is nothing I can give you
Which you have not;
But there is much that
While I cannot give you
You can take.

No heaven can come to us
Unless our hearts find rest in it today.
Take heaven.

No peace lies in the future
Which is not hidden in this present instant.
Take peace.

The gloom of the world is but a shadow;
behind it yet within our reach, is joy.
Take joy.

And so, I leave you with a prayer
That for you, now and forever,
The day breaks and the shadows flee away.

Fra Giovanni, 15th century