Prayer is the soul's narrative. Within, everyone prays.

“Each one prays to God according to his own light,” observed India's beloved Mahatma Gandhi.

Contemplative prayer is talking to God... and more. It is listening to the heart and giving voice to the secrets that dwell there. Prayer is a dialogue with the self that validates who you are and what you feel.

“It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray,” said evangelist Billy Graham.

Dare to let go, with enthusiasm and optimism. When you open your heart, you create magic—you find resolution. You discover peace and empathy for others.

“Everyone prays in their own language,” said jazz great Duke Ellington. “And there is no language that God does not understand.”

In celebration. In joy. As a way to show devotion. Every action can be a prayer—a dance, a smile, a mantra.

“Prayer is not doing, but being,” wrote Kathleen Norris in her best-seller Amazing Grace. “It is not words but the beyond-words experience of coming into the presence of something much greater than oneself.”