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As a child sitting listening to my father who seemed to have a 1000 thoughts in his head I realized my own mind was empty. I wanted to be like him! Fast forward to a day when I was retired and decided to practice Centering Prayer. That childhood realization of empty mind became a touchstone. No thoughts. Just everything. The first time I sat, my mind felt like it was being massaged. A deep relaxation and emptiness that seemed to be waiting for me all these years. Now emptiness is my companion. I am full.

My life…life itself is a prayer…I sat silently and watched a bird on a branch sing a concert for me…I made soup, washed clothes and…the awareness of Presence filled me. I no longer ask or plea in worded prayer. Presence made me silent and grateful.