Power of Prayer

The Turning Feral Journal - Day 23

Day 23: For the past few weeks I have been starting my day off by praying and meditating on the needs of those around me. This may not sound like much, but has been a big shift in the way that I approach faith. In the past, the reflection of my meditation and prayers has been centered around me. What are my goals, my needs, and my desires… all that time thinking about my own “to-be” state meant I was getting lost in it. 

It was as if I was looking at things through a toilet paper roll, stuck in my own myopic world where support of close friends and their struggles, desires, and goals was a thin veneer. So, I stepped out of that. Now each morning I am spending time in prayer for each of my friends, family, and (in some cases) new acquaintances in the areas they feel they need it. And then, I tell them. I will message that person to let them know I was thinking of them, to let them know they have someone in their corner who is behind them in support.

The interesting thing that has happened for me in this process, though, is that my own prayers for myself and nuclear family have become crystalized and succinct. I feel less “rambly” and more punctuated in the time I spend in practice. Is it correlated? Maybe… maybe not. Frankly, I don’t know that answer, but I do know that whether my friends know it or not… I feel closer to them. I also feel their mutual support back even if it’s for someone I don’t know that well, which is exactly what building a community is all about — mutual support.

Daily Prompt: None of us can survive without a community. Think about those who support you in your self-sustainability journey… how are you reciprocating that support? It doesn’t have to be prayer if that’s not your thing, but what can you do to help those closest to you daily?:

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Motivational Passage:

“Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when God talks to you.”

Rewilding Action: Medicine. One of the things that has taken us a long time to get a handle on living so far from a hospital has been our emergency kits. If one of our kids gets sick, it will take hours to get to a doctor on a good day, and potentially longer if we are snowed in. So, we only have a hodgepodge of different medicines for the most common things we feel we may encounter. As a more well-rounded solution, we are looking at Duration Health. It’s an all-in-one emergency medical kit, but it’s a bit pricey and the process to get approved is a small hurdle we haven’t had the time to execute on, yet.