Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
Through failure we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed painful though it is.
Our immediate temptation will be to ask for specific solutions to specific problems and for the ability to help other people as we have already thought they should be helped. In that case we are ask...
We lose the fear of making decisions great and small as we realize that should our choice prove wrong we can if we will learn from the experience.
Only the self-deceived will claim perfect freedom from fear.