There is no right way to pray. Some feel most comfortable in a communal setting while others prefer solitude. Some speak to their God regularly, while others only once in a while. There is no right way.
Spirituality is a part of us as human beings, although there
are those who would choose to deny it. Some have struggled with this idea their
whole lives while others are completely in tune to their own internal voice. Still
others may choose to ignore what they know is there.
A powerful disability quote: “Not being able
to speak is not the same as not having anything to say”
And so it is with prayer:
It is told that one Yom Kippur a poor Jewish boy, an
illiterate shepherd, entered the synagogue where the Ba’al Shem Tov was
praying. The boy was deeply moved by the service, but frustrated that he could
not read the prayers. He started to whistle, the one thing he knew he could do
beautifully; he wanted to offer his whistling as a gift to God. The
congregation was horrified at the desecration of their service. Some people
yelled at the boy, and others wanted to throw him out. The Ba'al Shem Tov
immediately stopped them. "Until now," he said, "I could feel
our prayers being blocked as they tried to reach the heavenly court. This young
shepherd's whistling was so pure, however, that it broke through the blockage
and brought all of our prayers straight up to God."
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