I pray for others' needs. I pray for life and peace. I pray for my enemies. I plead for my family's safety. I pray for fresh air.
Prayer is less the flowery words or distant experience.
Prayer is me talking now, yelling now, crying now, singing now, giving up now. Prayer brings me to sit and listen to God. God who gave up his life that I have a chance at living. I am not in control. God has a to-do list for me that I can never finish.