I believe in the sun even when it is not shining.
I believe in love even when I do not feel it.
I believe in God even when God is silent.
~ Anonymous
Prayer is that divine seed whose roots draw food from earthly existence. Like the lotus flower that does not bloom in arable ground but in marshes, prayer thrusts its roots into human misery as if into mud. But the lotus flower does not show any trace of the muddy water from which it drew life; turned toward the sky, it blooms.