Our Experts

MidLife Psychology—Oct 2009

by Ruth Cherry | Email me if you questions or comments| Back to List of Articles

The Greatest Prayer

Some say our greatest prayer is “Thank you.” It’s a prayer available to us when we are overwhelmed. It’s a prayer we can choose when we feel hopeless. It’s a prayer which thrusts us from a perceived position of victim to one of partner.

Saying “Thank you” empowers us. We actively choose to engage in the current situation knowing that God works beneath the surface. We willingly cooperate although we can’t say how or with what. We simply declare, “I am available and I trust.” And then we pay attention.

 We always know that we are protected. We prefer to move to the level of solution rather than wallow at the level of problem. Power lies in that choice and we own our power when we say, “Thank you.”

Choosing to align with the flow in the Universe reflects our awareness of our oneness. We are one but when we say “Thank you” we acknowledge it consciously. We release our struggle and any resentment or frustration. We relax and exhale and let it be.

“Thank you. For whatever is right now, thank you.”

Ruth Cherry, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in San Luis Obispo, CA. Her specialty is midlife when psychological and spiritual dynamics merge. The power of the unconscious at midlife to heal and to transform is tapped in meditation. Besides writing about meditation, Ruth leads guided meditation groups weekly both for the public and for inmates in a state penitentiary. Her web site is midlifepsychology.com

by Ruth Cherry | Email me if you questions or comments