View VIDEO on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=A100094027278120

Follow on TikTok Videos at Tiktok.com/@recoverydays

Remember Mindfulness – relax your body

Prayer

Is prayer a dialogue, a to-do list, a list of wants, or…what? The Serenity Prayer is such a calm and measured request that it seems to set a standard for how a prayer should be, but there are other ways. Do we have to get our prayer right, before we can expect a result? Probably, God gets the message, even if the grammar is not quite right. Do I understand the importance of a dialogue with my Higher Power?

I asked for knowledge – power to control things.
I was granted understanding – to learn to love persons.
I asked for strength to be a great man.
I was made weak, to become a better man.
I asked for wealth, to make friends.
I became poor, to keep friends.
I asked for all things, to enjoy life.
I was granted all life, to enjoy things.
I cried for pity; I was offered sympathy.
I craved for healing of my own disorders.
I received insight into another’s suffering.
I prayed to God for safety – to tread the trodden path.
I was granted danger, to lose track and find the way.
I got nothing that I prayed for.
I am among men, richly blessed. (Anon).
Today I recognise and am grateful for the power of prayer.