It is not every day that we are in the best of shape. We have our good days and our bad days, and maybe our good weeks and our bad weeks. The same is true of prayer. As we struggle in prayer during our bad weeks in everyday living, so too do we struggle in prayer during times of aridity. Sometimes just slowly saying an Our Father or Hail Mary, very reflectively, to show God we have the desire to pray and wish to pray, is the best we can do.
Prayer is a stabilizing agent.
It is a source of both natural and spiritual energy. It helps not only in our relationship with God, but just as significantly in our relationship with our neighbor. Unless a person has direction and purpose in life, that life is lived without much value to oneself and to others. I think it is good for married people, who are concerned primarily with their marriage, children, and daily work, to realize that all activities should be prayerful, and can be so if at the beginning of the day they ask God s blessing upon themselves, their children, and their work. And it is good at the end of the day, during that quality time, to reflect on the day, on how God has blessed it, and on where they see need for further blessings.