Prayer

Much is written on the subject of prayer, but I am not sure it is explained anywhere any better than these  words from Mary Oliver’s Praying:

It doesn’t have to be

the blue iris, it could be

weeds in a vacant lot, or a few

small stones, just

pay attention, then patch

a few words together, and don’t try

to make them elaborate, this isn’t

a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and silence in which

another voice may speak.

Those nine words pretty much cover it.  Prayer = “thanks, and silence in which another voice may speak.”