tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509359853321953022.post9112810698077184941..comments2023-10-30T06:22:05.446-04:00Comments on The Cloistered Heart: How Do I Pray Now? (As I Can, Not As I Did)Nancy Shumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584199691076992017noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509359853321953022.post-62562924104241104382016-08-13T11:46:21.119-04:002016-08-13T11:46:21.119-04:00:) !
:) !<br />Nancy Shumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584199691076992017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509359853321953022.post-88522943124078372612016-08-13T08:17:00.449-04:002016-08-13T08:17:00.449-04:00'brain drift' . . . i haven't heard th...'brain drift' . . . i haven't heard that one before and it's so true. it made me laugh so you have started my day with a smile. thank you!gretanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509359853321953022.post-45719979851573557122016-08-12T16:55:05.465-04:002016-08-12T16:55:05.465-04:00Greta, I've become very much this way myself i...Greta, I've become very much this way myself in the last few years. I, too, am of "retirement age," and I, too, have a physical condition that saps my strength - more and more - as I grow older. If I don't actually fall physically asleep in prayer, I find myself constantly battling "brain-drift." Having been a natural-born daydreamer all my life (much to the Nancy Shumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584199691076992017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6509359853321953022.post-51611226666177583352016-08-12T14:36:32.389-04:002016-08-12T14:36:32.389-04:00bless your heart for sharing this! at 67 with fib...bless your heart for sharing this! at 67 with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, i've been battling this very issue. my husband and i always planned that we would be 'hermits' once we were retired. now that we are both retired and living a semi-eremetical life, it's been dismaying to realise that my ability to remain in centred prayer and not fall asleep is a thing of the past.gretanoreply@blogger.com