Zonta Collect

Keep us, O God, from pettiness, let us be large in thought, in word,in deed

Let us be done with fault-finding and leave off self-seeking

May we put away all pretense and meet each other face to face -- without self-pity and without prejudice

May we never be hasty in judgment and always be generous

Let us take time for all things, make us grow calm, serene, gentle.

Teach us to put into action our better impulses, straightforward and unafraid.

Grant that we may realize it is the little things that create differences,
that in the big things in life we are at one.

And may we strive to touch and to know the great common woman's heart of us all, and

O lord God, let us forget not to be kind.