SPIRIT asks us, “When do you pray?” Our lives are often busy with school, work, family, and friends, constantly in motion. We often forget to slow down and snatch a moment of reflection. Slowing down (even a 15-minute walk) can often be a prayerful and centering. It helps us to clear our heads and open our hearts to who and what is around us. Nick Cave’s song “Breathless” is about opening our eyes to the world and beholding the beauty we live in.
Key lines: The wind circles among the trees / And it bangs about the new-made leaves / For it is breathless without you / The fox chases the rabbit round / The rabbit hides beneath the ground / For he is defenseless without you / The sky of daytime dies away / And all the earthly things they stop to play / For we are all breathless without you / I listen to my juddering bones / The blood in my veins and the wind in my lungs /And I am breathless without you
Questions: When have you been so busy that you missed out on something? What helps you slow down, clear your head and open your eyes and heart? What is prayerful about this? How often do you pray? Who do you consider to be wise? What makes them wise?