If ever I were ever to even consider to pray with intentionality it would be simply this:

That those who fancy themselves my enemy would quit the self harm.

For when they convolute to writhe to contort themselves into my enemy they can only harm themselves.

When their intention and aim is to cause me trouble and vexation or pain or suffering they commit devoted and sustained self harm.

And I pray, if I would ever deign to pray away from the practice of gratitude, that they stop.

Once so long ago, when I was much older then, their great efforts would have bounced from me to stick to them and I would have been somewhat worn and drained from the rough bouncing. Yes, that was the old reality. That could have once been considered valid and real.

But in the now I’m so far out of the bounds of what might vex that their best efforts don’t reach

But arch back and fall back with ever exponentially increasing force and find the center of them

If I weren’t so busy practicing gratitude I’d sincerely pray for them to stop the serious hurt.