Words Do Not Need To Be Spoken ...

"... And so, it is better in prayer to have a heart

without words than words without a heart."

Gandhi

Sunday school in the Lutheran Church taught me how to recite prayer.  While attending a Roman Catholic elementary school, I memorized additional prayers.  In the academy, I was intrigued to learn the prayers chanted by Native Americans and concepts from other countries.  

In the years that passed, I was led farther into the realms of prayer.  I began to experience prayer that was felt and not recited.  It became noticeable that prayers could be shared outside of a chapel or church or religious gathering.  Prayer could still be reverent when chanted, danced, or artistically expressed in diverse rituals.

For me, there are prayers in my eyes as they scan the beautiful sky or the flight of a bird.  There are prayers floating through me as I quietly walk through nature.  Where ever my feet lead me, I find my heart overwhelmed by the connection of prayer.  Rather than worrying about perfect words, not asking for too much or not enough, I find my energy is freely gathered with the Divine and words do not need to be spoken.