Koan #39: Ending Every Prayer

For a man’s own soul, what can be more important than prayer? Indeed, the Lord instructs the Faithful to pray and even to ask for those things that they desire from Him. And yet, it is with a certain modicum of disappointment that it must be noted that most Believers possess a unique ability to forget the most important part of any prayer: ...but Lord, Thy Will be Done. Truly, no prayer can be seen as faithful if such an ending—whether uttered in voice or attitude—is not wholly and fully and completely embraced, for from it, all of a Believer’s true desires show forth. And thus it cannot be disputed: a Believer’s prayer is no true prayer without this.