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Simple Prayers (When You Don’t Feel Like Praying)

Ideas for bringing you closer to prayer even when it seems so far away.

Ten ways to pray (when you don’t feel like praying):

  1. Go for a walk.
  2. Sing a favorite song and feel how glad it makes you.
  3. Write a note or send an e-mail to someone you haven’t heard from in a long time.
  4. Close your eyes and breathe deeply.
  5. Go through the alphabet and think of a person or people who could use help for each letter.
  6. Remember that you are loved.
  7. Tell someone that you love them.
  8. Say quietly, “All will be well, all will be well, all will be well.”
  9. Look to the sky at night or wait for a few moments in the sun.
  10. Believe the thing that makes you happiest.

Any of these things will bring you closer to prayer than you ever thought.

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