Of course concrete moments of prayer are necessary, as it is necessary to show people that you love them through tangible expressions. What is not good is when you do the gestures but without love in your heart. It can just be a habit or a way to show off.
And so it is with prayer.
There are times when we go through moments of prayer without feeling the desire to pray. Nevertheless, we pray because we know that it is a good and a right thing to do. Sometimes no beautiful thoughts come. At times there is even a secret desire for the moment of prayer to come to its end.
I believe that God also accepts this imperfection in our prayer.
We may not feel any excitement, but we pray because it is a good and a right thing to do.
And so it is with life.
Very few are our euphoric moments.
For many of us, the substance of our being is manifested in our everyday lives, a stage so commonplace that no one takes notice, not even we.
When we make the choices that we make,
when we do the things that we do,
when we say the words that we utter not because of any excitement or outward reward but because it is what is good and right, then our life has become prayer.
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