Essentially, prayer is attentiveness to God, and this has various degrees, from weak or faltering to total. This attentive attitude is itself the fruit of love; God's love becomes the dominant commitment of the will. The person has achieved purity of heart and spiritual wholeness. Joy takes hold of the heart, transmuting every moment into the irresistible attraction and power of divine love.
When you let go of trying to get more
of what you don’t really need, it frees
up oceans of energy to make a
difference with what you have. When
you make a difference with what you
have, it expands.