Reframing Prayer

When I catch myself feeling upset in some way, I find it helpful to remember that my reaction might be coming, not from my circumstances, but from how I am interpreting them. If so, it makes more sense to pray, not for a change in the world, but for a change in my perception.

I will settle into a quiet state, then ask, with an attitude of innocent curiosity: "Could there, perhaps, be another way of seeing this?" I don't try to answer the question myself, for that would doubtless activate the thinking mind, which loves to try and work things out for me. I simply pose the question. Let it go. And wait.