Why I still take time to pray for the people around me
Lately, I've been finding more and more reasons to just stop and pray for the people I encounter throughout my day, whether I actually know them or not. It's funny how life works; we spend so much time staring at our phones or worrying about our own to-do lists that we forget everyone else is carrying a heavy backpack of their own stuff too. I used to think that "praying for others" was something only very religious people did in a formal setting, but I've realized it's a lot more grounded and messy than that. It's really just about acknowledging that we're all in this together. ...