Center

Good morning, God, and thanks for this new day in our lives.  It's a holiday here in the states, but as you well know, I don't find holidays all that important, since I find every day that I'm alive to be important.  I don't believe in waiting for a particular day to try to have fun or enjoy myself or get the most out of a day--it's nice that holidays exist, of course, but I think that every day is a holy + day, so aside from the special things that people put on, there isn't much different in a day like today.

I'd really like to know how I could be able to put you at the center of my life all the time.  It's pretty much impossible for me to stay focused on you mentally, consciously, because there are so many things that I need to think about and consider, but I should be able to access the peace and the love that are you, and I should be able to do that whenever I need to do so.  Unfortunately, though, I usually get caught up in what's going on and my mind doesn't make that shift over to you.  My mind stays focused on the task or problem at hand, and I don't even give myself the chance to ask for a little help or a little guidance.

I guess that's where something like this comes in.  Right here and right now, I can ask you for that guidance, even when I may not be asking you directly, even when I'm not even thinking about you at all.  I would like to think that the peace and the guidance that you promise aren't conditional upon my asking for them directly all the time, because you know all about our minds and our brains and how they function.  That would be like hanging something necessary eight feet in the air and making everyone four feet tall, and not allowing them to use any help or ladders or stools to reach it.

I need other people's help, and I need your help.  I do my best in life, but I do fall short.  I recognize that and I even respect it.  But I do want to have you at the center of my life--your peace and your love and your discernment--so that my life can be a better example for other people who want to make their lives something positive.  Any help that you can give me, God, I'll appreciate.

And I thank you in advance.