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Day: January 19, 2022

What is prayer? ~ Mary Oliver

What is prayer? ~ Mary Oliver

Posted on January 19, 2022January 18, 2022 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

As Mary Oliver says in her poem, “I do not know exactly what prayer is.” What I do know is that when we pray, we invoke something greater than our current selves; we drop into a deep sense of gratitude for all that we already have; and we ask for the support that we need …Read More

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