Prayer

• Communing with a higher power.
• Voicing my wants and woes to an unknown deity that still is beyond my comprehension.
• Maybe its just as simple as knowing that there's something beyond this life and there is a way to reach out.

I have heard it said that men in uniform can get very devout and prayerful when the guns and grenades are aimed at them.  When you face life altering moments, do you find yourself calling out somewhere?

I don't pray the same anymore.  From my earliest recollections I know that I was given a script on how to "appropriately" pray. And I was an A+ student at this.  I remember being told that my prayers were thoughtful and deep even as teenager.  But they were also so much BULLS***!

No More!

I found myself out in the woods last week and I could hear whispers filling my head with clarity.  I find that there is a communing that can't be found in any traditional form of prayer.  Meditation comes here too.

Maybe there will be some illuminating moment when I say, "Ok, God, I get you."  But for now I'm still listening.  Still finding new ways on my spiritual journey.

And I do hear things.  I do find clarity and solace when I am seeking them - even when I have to work through things to get there.

And I pray.