All that each of us can do is to live in the now that is given. We cannot rush the process;

As the old joke put it: It is forbidden to smoke while you are praying! But it is wonderful and meritorious to pray while you are smoking!

The human art form is in uniting fruitful activity with a contemplative stance—not one or the other, but always both at the same time.

Asking for something from God does not mean talking God into it; it means an awakening of the gift within ourselves.

Whenever God is conceived in the soul, it is always an allowing, never an accomplishment.

When you think about a problem over and over in your mind, that's called worry. When you think about God's Word over and over in your mind, that's meditation. If you know how to worry, you already know how to meditate!

Prayer lets you speak to God; meditation lets God speak to you. Both are essential to becoming a friend of God.

As so many people in the Bible did, tell God exactly how you feel.

Every time you try to block a thought out of your mind, you drive it deeper into your memory. By resisting it, you actually reinforce it.

When you think about a problem over and over in your mind, that's called worry. When you think about God's Word over and over in your mind, that's meditation. If you know how to worry, you already know how to meditate! You just need to switch your attention from your problems to Bible verses. The more you meditate on God's Word, the less you will have to worry about.

The first thing on Dr. Amen's master to-do list, the first thing he sees each day, is his gratitude list. Rather than just writing down a few things, he keeps a running tab on what he is grateful for, looks at it every day, and adds to it as joyful moments occur.

Worry is focused thinking on something negative. Meditation is doing the same thing, only focusing on God's Word instead of your problem. No other habit can do more to transform your life ... than daily reflection on Scripture.