Don’t draw down the well of reserves as a routine default behaviour.

If you pay attention to that one thing, it’s easier to focus your efforts on building energy.

Being prepared to run into the danger instead of away from it also helps.

The post Inspired me to put this up, to be added to the toolkit for others.

https://darkbrightness.nz/daily-prayer/

The way I learned it (late in life) is there are three types of prayer:

1) Spoken, where you read or recite the prayer – like an our father. I like to keep these simple, and use the ones that make sense. I shy away from the ones that are like an incantation.

2)Contemplative prayer – Read the bible. Meditate on the scene. What would it have been like? What if you were there? What if that happened to you? This is really good when you hit a passage in the old testament where God wants someone to do something – Moses, Noah, Abraham, any of the prophets.

3) Meditative prayer. Just be, focus on quiet and tune your mind to God. This is when he speaks.

Look up the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.

Another thing to keep in mind is that God doesn’t speak words generally. You’ll ask what you should do, clear your mind, and it comes to you followed by the most amazing feeling of peace, joy, and love. I can’t explain it. It’s only happened twice to me.