An anonymously written prayer, popularized by internet viral sharing and referenced in Rev. Linda Martella-Whitsett’s How To Pray Without Talking to God:
Dear God:
Please untie the knots that are in my mind, my heart and my life.
Remove the have nots, the can nots, and the do nots that I have in my mind
Erase the will nots, may nots, might nots that may find a home in my heart.
Release me from the could nots, would not,s and should nots that obstruct my life.
And most of all, dear God, I ask that you remove from my mind,
my heart, and my life all of the “am nots” that I have allowed
to hold me back, especially the thought that I am not good enough.
Amen.