We All Pray In Our Own Way Poem by Jim Yerman

Have you ever noticed as you watch people going about their day…
how everyone no matter where they live or who they are…prays in their own way?

Some people fall to their knees, others pray from a religious seat
some fold their hands, others lift them up
some say a blessing before they eat.

Some raise the roof in joyous salute and shout their prayers out loud
others say their prayers more quietly…hands together…their heads bowed.

Some pray when they are driving…or running
others pray at a slower gate,
Some pray so quietly no one can hear them…
Some people meditate.

Some people fly their prayer flags,
and everybody knows
those who have pictures of their God hanging in their house
whose eyes follow you wherever you go.

A God may or may not be involved
for I believe anytime you share
your hopes or your dreams with the universe…
this is a form of prayer.

Praying is universal…it's a wish you hope will travel far
It could be praying to a God…or wishing on a star.

If this is true…that everyone prays
then in this way aren't we all linked?
Wouldn't this mean that all of us
are more alike than we may think?

It is my wish our world will come to understand this…
some time…some place…some day….
and that our praying will unite us…
for this…is what I pray.