Yes, some people pray incoherently
out of habit or because they are not being thoughtful, but sometimes the prayers you criticise result from spiritual emotion and depth
of experience
of God - especially (I think) speaking in tongues.
We say
yes to things that don't necessarily serve us, connect with people who take our energy rather than energize us, and spend hours
of our precious time doing things
out of habit or to please others.
Before this podcast, I had five goals for 2017: 1) publish two more books in the current series I'm working on — coming
out in February and September, 2) begin collecting short stories I've written that currently as sitting dormant on my blog into 5 story anthologies and publishing them — I'd like to get two
out this year, 3) edit at least three manuscripts people sent me because I hate saying «no» but can't say «
yes» to everything, 4) up my personal reading to two books a month, and 5) get back into the
habit of writing a short story a week — I stopped this in September when work got crazy.