Don't let us make any mistake: we are ordered to make this prayer of petition. Go to God as to your absolute All—your father, brother, creator. I must turn to him as the lover of souls—as one who loves me beyond the dreams of imagination; who has only one care for me, that the best may be mine; who longs for me. ‘As the hart panteth’ (I am not afraid to put that the other way round) so does God long for me. People complain ‘I can't meditate I can't pray'. That is often another way of saying ‘I’m not interested enough'. Is it possible that I have not got enough interest in it? Am I sure that I really want it enough?