The prayer of Jabez.

There is a good prayer, the prayer of Jabez, that is filled with potential for unlocking magic in your life. It goes like this:

    Oh, that you would bless me indeed!

    And enlarge my coast, (or my territory, or my sphere of influence),

   That your hand would be with me, (or that you would always watch over, guide and protect me),

    And That you would keep me from evil, ('lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil'),

    That I may not cause pain (or that I may not hurt, or may not grieve, or may not feel guilty).

Each part is filled with potential to unlock the magic in your life.

Those elaborations should help clarify how: 

when you say Oh, that you would bless me indeed! you mean Oh, that you would bless me abundantly, that you would pour blessings upon my head, that you would bless me greatly, magnificently, tremendously. That indeed! means that.

When you say And enlarge my coast, you mean enlarge my territory, my circle of friends, or my sphere of influence. This seems pretty self-explanatory. If it's all in the name of peace, I guess. If you're a good person, why shouldn't your sphere of influence get bigger and bigger?

And that your hand would be with me implies that we can't do anything without God, that we need his hand in our lives, that we had better rely on him for our needs, in fact that the more dependent on him we are, the better.

I guess it's throwing up your hands and saying, I can't do it myself. The more I try to do things my own way, the more trouble I get into. The more self-willed I am, the more trouble I get into. The more I can relinquish my faith in myself, destroy the ego, say goodbye to self, the better things are going to be in my life. I am sure there have been books written about this. It's what the LSD experience is all about. It's what Buddhism is all about. And, at its best, I guess it's what Christianity is all about: serve God with your whole heart and soul, and stop being so goddamn selfish.

And that you would keep me from evil means lead me not into temptation. … If we had no temptations, what evil would we fear? 

That I may not cause pain! is alternately translated that it may not grieve me! I think the active and the passive voice are somewhat blended here: that I may not cause pain, or that it may not grieve me! That I may not hurt or grieve. And then I added the last one, that I may not feel guilty. I felt it matched the sentiment of the statement. Who wants to cause pain? Who wants to feel pain? The causing it leads to the feeling of it.

So there you have it, the prayer of Jabez. It can be found at 2 Chronicles 4:10.

I pray to God for forgiveness. KARMA KARMA KARMA. I get hurt, and I lash out, but God doesn't take any note of the fact that I was hurt, he just takes note of the fact that I lashed out. I'm sorry for that. I've got to get better at absorbing the evil, and ignoring it. Soap absorbs dirt, and then dissolves it. That's what I have to do. That's what we all have to do. 'I will absorb words that hurt in peace, like the mighty trained elephant in battle.' Cause God doesn't take note of the circumstances of your actions, he just takes note of your actions. And karma's always at work. Hurt always returns to its source. 'Violence, even well intentioned, always returns to its source.' The more you can just ignore it, the better. The best trained men know how to ignore hurts. To ignore them. For there will always be people who hurt you in the world. There are many haters. Face it; that's just the reality (I know that you would probably say that I was a hater). 'For many people lack self control.' Someone has to put an end to the cycle of abuse. Someone has to be better than their adversaries.

I think a large part of being able to rise above the hurt and ignore it is having an occupation. Whether it's your family or your job, or whatever, maybe just your hobbies, like me.