a prayer

Dear God,

This week, my class did a compliments list. From reading my and other people's compliments, I have come to realize I am very inward-focused. Lord, forgive me for being so inward-focused. I have always been thinking about me me me, and my own misery. I have rarely thought about loving my classmates, and much less acted on it. I should have been looking out for ways I could love. Lord, please help me love you, so that your love for others can also be transmitted through me. Concomitantly, God, let me feel and know how much You love me, so that I can be sated and give in turn. God, please let me place myself third--you first, my neighbors second.
Lord, there are some classmates I disdain because I saw only one of their personality traits--and perhaps it was even an inaccurate perception. Yet they have received compliments from others that convey great admiration. Lord, even if I did not see wrong, please remove my disdain, and help me love.
Lord, in a class of 200, I don't know how I can show love--there are too many people, and the only way I know how to care is through one-on-one interactions, not in groups. I feel stiff and reserved. Show me, oh Lord, whom to love, and how, without compromising the personality you gave me. Yet at the same time, help me exert effort and go out of my comfort zone.

Please remember my prayer, O Lord. Help me remember it as well. Please grant my prayer.

In Your Son's Name,
Amen