And in this light, we can see beyond our modest receptors, to what is way beyond us, and deep inside. Her Bird by Bird has been on my bookshelves for many years, and I especially enjoyed Traveling Mercies. Light warms, and in most cases it draws us to itself. Anne Lamott’s new book, Help Thanks Wow, The Three Essential Prayers, is a sweet, moving guidebook to what Lamott considers the three most important prayers one can utter. In Help, Thanks, Wow, best-selling author Anne Lamott demystifies prayer, declaring that there are no rules-a higher power can be called anything, and people can believe in any religion theyd like (or none at all) and still pray. But like sunflowers we turn toward light.

Light reveals us to ourselves, which is not always so great if you find yourself in a big disgusting mess, possibly of your own creation. Even mushrooms respond to light - I suppose they blink their mushroomy eyes, like the rest of us.

It is us reaching out to be heard, hoping to be found by a light and warmth in the world, instead of darkness and cold. So prayer is our sometimes real selves trying to communicate with the Real, with Truth, with the Light. It would make me want to sit next to you at the dinner table. If you told me you had said to God, 'It is all hopeless, and I don't have a clue if You exist, but I could use a hand,' it would almost bring tears to my eyes, tears of pride in you, for the courage it takes to get real-really real. If you say to God, 'I am exhausted and depressed beyond words, and I don't like You at all right now, and I recoil from most people who believe in You,' that might be the most honest thing you've ever said. “My belief is that when you're telling the truth, you're close to God.

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