My Prayer

To start with I’m not a religious person. Meaning I don’t strictly follow the religious activities, I do constantly question the practises. I don’t know whether I’m an atheist or an agnostic. But I do believe there could be some powerful entity. Could be a god, family of gods or nature.

When I was living abroad for the work purpose, I need a social interaction. That made me to visit temple every week, almost. I do consider myself a rational person, so the conventional prayers like asking the God to give this or that made no sense. After all it is an all knowing entity. Doesn’t it knows what should be given to me?

Zoning out in this thought, I came up with the below prayer.

Thanks for the things you gave to me, I’m grateful for it. Please give me the things that you think I deserve for.

Thoughts plays a major role in our every action. So, added another line to it.

Please give me good thoughts. Keep me away from bad thoughts.

This happened somewhere between 2017-18. Since then my prayer has been this.

Thanks for the things you gave to me, I am grateful for it.
Please give me the things that you think I deserve for.
Please give me good thoughts. Keep me away from bad thoughts.