Prayer

Some people say prayer doesn’t mean anything.

What do you mean?

Prayer means a lot!

Prayer means someone is thinking of something other than themselves.

Prayer is a meditation.

Prayer is a want.

Prayer is a need.

Prayer is a visceral groan for more.

Not just more for oneself, but more for those who need more.

Prayer is a means of pulling oneself out of oneself,

And putting oneself into the shoes of another self.

A better self and a higher self.

Prayer is a way of saying; How can I help the least and the smallest?

How can I make a difference?

How can I be the difference I want to see in the world?

Not the multitude.

Not the many.

Not the few.

Just the one.

Just me. Alone. With my prayer.

Empty and alone in the vast universe.

And just one person that I can help.

The one person next to me.

The one person in need that I can see.

Prayer is the starting. The beginning.

From prayer comes action.

From action comes change.

From change comes redemption.

From redemption comes prayer.

And so it goes on until the ending.

And so it starts again. As it should and always ever will.

If there is a God out there He does not listen to our prayers.

He does not respond.

She does not intervene in the world She made.

It’s up to us. It is our world now, like it or not.

We’re on our own.

We and that to which we pray.

God will not help us.

She gave it to us.

Our world.

Our good.

Our bad.

Our fault.

Our folly.

Our fulfilment.

Our fortune.

Our responsibility.

We are on our own now. No turning aside or giving up.

What does that mean?

We have to deal with our problems.

We have to come to terms with ourselves.

We have no higher power to blame for our flaws or beg for our betterment.

We are alone.

No god to guide us.

Just us to guide us.

Pity us.

Or, not. No pity.

Pity is for cowards.

Pity is for copouts.

Pity is for those who always find a fiend in the mirror to blame for their own shortcomings.

Look into the abyss. It is a mirror. No other one looks back.

Only you.

Don’t blame God for your failings. Make your failings your chance for betterment.

Our prayers make us a part of the world, for the good and the ill.

We own them both.

We are the good and the ill.

We owe them nothing.

No reason to behave as good or ill tells us.

Choose.

Our prayers make us the world.

We are that for which we pray.

We are that to which we pray.

Pray well.

God is watching.