Hope, not depair... By Zakia Ghafari January - March 1998 Lemar-Aftaab let me not pray to be fearful from danger but to be fearless of facing them. let me not beg for the sitting of my pain, but for the heart to conquer them. let me not look for allies in life's battlefield, but to my own strength. let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved but hope for the freedom to win my freedom. Copyright © 1998 Aftaabzad Publications. All Rights Reserved. May not be duplicated or distributed in any form without permission.