The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise to sing to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song and man cannot live without a song. Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.

Dreams you know are what you wake up from.

I melted into the dream as if I had always been there. I knew where I had come from I knew where I was going.

That is what I want to tell you about the girls with their short skirts and bright eyes and big-city dreams.The girls of 1929.

Dream your dream and realize that you are more than just the dreamer you are the point of origin for its reality.

When I pray for another person I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.

It seemed funny that one day I would go to bed in her arms and the next not feel anything like a switch had gone off. But no that wasnt honest either. This had been building for a long time. Our silences were getting longer. Our arguments more frequent. How do you stay with someone when there are no dreams to build No purpose to accomplish No meaning No meaning that was the monster that drove us away from one another in the end. Always.

Moon In the WindowI wish I could say I was the kind of childwho watched the moon from her windowwould turn toward it and wonder.I never wondered. I read. Dark signsthat crawled toward the edge of the page.It took me years to grow a heartfrom paper and glue. All I had was a flashlight bright as the moona white hole blazing beneath the sheets.

When the star dies Its eye closes tired of watching It flies back to its first bright dream.

God teach me to be patient teach me to go slowTeach me how to wait on You when my way I do not know.Teach me sweet forbearance when things do not go rightSo I remain unruffled when others grow uptight.Teach me how to quiet my racing rising heartSo I might hear the answer You are trying to impart.Teach me to let go dear God and pray undisturbed untilMy heart is filled with inner peace and I learn to know your will.