Lift up your eyes upon
This day breaking for you.
Give birth again
To the dream.
This day breaking for you.
Give birth again
To the dream.
~ Maya Angelou from "On The Pulse of Morning" in ON THE PULSE OF MORNING
As my prayer became more attentive and inward
I had less and less to say.
I finally became completely silent.
I started to listen
--which is even further removed from speaking.
I first thought that praying entailed speaking.
I then learnt that praying is hearing,
not merely being silent.
This is how it is.
To pray does not mean to listen to oneself speaking.
Prayer involves becoming silent,
and being silent,
and waiting until God is heard.