Start Your Day with Prayer

Ellen Grace O’Brian

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few years ago, several youth in our community were given 

the opportunity to interview legendary leaders in the field 

of nonviolence. One of the young people asked these 

accomplished leaders this question: What is the first thing you did 

this morning? Not what have you done, or what do you know, but 

how did you start your day? One of the leaders responded by 

sharing his affirmative prayer practice of setting a positive intention 

for the day ahead. The first thing he did was find the place of peace 

within himself, and sit with that inner peace. Then he set the 

conscious intention to radiate that peace to everyone he would 

encounter that day.