![]() ![]() ![]() Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we're invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak in silence.-Prayer can be motion and stillness and energy-all at the same time. Let's just say prayer is communication from our hearts to the great mystery, or Goodness, or Howard to the animating energy of love we are sometimes bold enough to believe in to something unimaginably big, and not us. My friend Robin calls God "the Grandmothers." The Deteriorata, a parody of the Desiderata, counsels us, "Therefore, make peace with your god, / Whatever you conceive him to be- / Hairy thunderer, or cosmic muffin.". The following are excerpts taken from Anne Lamott's Help Thanks Wow. Bold and italics are mine. ^^ Anne LamottThis book had the absolute best, brilliant chapter on prayer that I have ever read - maybe the best prayer #hottake ever! I think I will always and forever love anything that Anne Lamott writes. ![]() There's freedom in hitting bottom, in seeing that you won't be able to save or rescue your daughter, her spouse, his parents, or your career, relief in admitting you've reached the place of great unknowing. ![]()
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