@revrunwisdom ~~When you pray, be like the mountain in stillness, in silence; thoughts rooted in eternity. Do nothing; just sit, just be; and you will harvest the fruit of your prayer. When you pray, be like the flower reaching up to the sun; straight stemmed like a column. Be open, ready to accept all things without fear and you will not lack light on your way. When you pray, be like the ocean with stillness in its depths the waves ebbing and flowing Have calm in your heart, and evil thoughts will flee of their own accord. When you pray, remember the breath that made us living beings, from God it comes; to God it returns. Blend the word and prayer with the flow of life and nothing will come between you and the Giver of life. When you pray, be like the bird, endlessly singing before the Creator its song rising like incense. Pray like the turtle dove and you will never lose heart. St Seraphim of Sarov