What exactly is meditation? Is it something hypnotic, strange, and beyond my capabilities? The dictionary tells me it means”to think contemplatively.” When I look up “contemplative” it says “to view thoughtfully.” ~ Courage to Change, p. 173, Al-Anon

So meditation is quite moments.
I should have known that!
It can be reciting a prayer,
a quick SOS to HP, even
something like the prayer of
Thomas Merton:
“My Lord God,
I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain
where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself,
and the fact that I think
that I am following your will
does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you
does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire
in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything
apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this
you will lead me by the right road,
though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I trust you always,
though I may seem to be lost
and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me,
and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.”
Simple enough!