“I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us, and we change things” – Mother Teresa

“Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising G_d until we ourselves are an act of praise.” – Richard Rohr

“You cannot have youth and the knowledge of it at the same time;
For youth is too busy living to know, and knowledge is too busy seeking itself to live.
You may sit at your window watching the passersby.
And watching you may see a nun walking toward your right hand, and a prostitute toward your left hand.
And you may say in your innocence, “How noble is the one and how ignoble is the other.”
But should you close your eyes and listen awhile you would hear a voice whispering in the ether,
“One seeks me in prayer, and the other in pain. And in the spirit of each there is a bower for my spirit.” Gibran

You are welcome, Alessa, and I am fine, even better after reading from you today. I missed you!

anita