Today I am miserable and I will be miserable tomorrow. That is the sorry truth about the human condition.

I look back over my life and its horrendous experiences, ones that went on for years. I took to the path but I have not changed in my desire to escape human misery.

Think about those in Ukraine and those in famine worldwide. No prayers can wield any power over God’s will.

There is a mystery here in that we must keep on calling out to God, even knowing that our will is of no consequence. “Thy will be done.” His will is always done.

Mother Earth is in dire peril because of human beings’ desire for money and power.

We do not dig deeply enough into our own sins while we are digging too deep into the soil of our precious land.

You are miserable and I am miserable and they are miserable. Pray anyway.

Maybe prayer is not answered on this earthly plane. Lord knows, my own haven’t been.

Pray anyway.

Cry and laugh anyway.

Forget trying to change your brother. You can’t even change yourself.

You can’t let go but maybe you don’t have to hold on or let go.

Perhaps we are stuck in the mire of our own delusions.

Perhaps the higher realms are real in spite of our all-to-human doubts.

Live as best you can and pray until something in you yields. And it will.

Vicki Woodyard