How Do You Pray?

I love this thought on prayer,

"Who are we trying to kid [with our polite prayers]? Jesus has just seen the stove where the spaghetti boiled over, and it was pretty obvious that wasn't the only thing that had ever boiled over on that stove. He heard what you muttered when you picked up that one sock, just as you've been doing for the past 8 years. He caught the worry about the dentist bill that flashed across your mind when you were putting toothpaste on your brush. He doesn't want polite platitudes. He wants you! All of you! He wants to be the center of your total life--the worried you, the mad you, and the sad you as well as the inspired, happy, obedient, loving you... when it comes to prayer lets have no more empty statements and insincere but polite phrases. Be honest. If you're mad, say so. If you're confused, say so. And don't think anything is too small for the Savior's loving attention... The Savior calls us to do two things--to come to him, and to open the door to our hearts and let him come to us." - Cheiko Okazaki