Oh Lord of melons, of mercy, though I am not ready, nor worthy, I am climbing towards you.

I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life.

Animals praise a good day, a good hunt. They praise rain if they're thirsty. That's prayer. They don't live an unconscious life, they simply have no language to talk about these things. But they are grateful for the good things that come along.

God knows, we don't want prayer.

God knows, we don't want prayer.

Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer