The 10 Minute Prayer

"O God, I am hellishly angry;

I think so-and-so is a swine;

I am tortured by worry about this or that;

I am pretty sure I have missed my chances in life;

this or that has left me feeling terribly depressed.

But nonetheless here I am like this,

feeling both bloody and bloody-minded,

and I am going to stay here for ten minutes.

You are most unlikely to give me anything.

I know that.

But I am going to stay for the ten minutes nonetheless.

Harry Williams,

quoted in the SPCK Book of Christian Prayer,

1995, p.191

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