in the everyday - especially in her beloved outdoors. In her poem 'Praying', she reminds us that
prayer doesn't have to be an overly complex set of rules or mechanisms, nor does it need the 'right'
words. There are many doorways into prayer. So, if at this particular time you're finding prayer
difficult, and struggling for words, Oliver invites us to pause, to look around us, to find even
a small thing, such as an iris...which may be a doorway into prayer and to thanks...
Praying/
It doesn’t have to be
the blue iris, it could be
weeds in a vacant lot, or a few
small stones; just
pay attention, then patch
a few words together and don’t try
to make them elaborate, this isn’t
a contest but the doorway
into thanks, and a silence in which
another voice may speak.
— Mary Oliver, Thirst
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