When a young man prays to God, He is very busy. But if it is a constant thing, He checks in, hears the prayer and with 100% accuracy (becasue He is all knowing) predicts the trajectory of your life and just when He can answer that prayer. And when the prayer is answered (and you know it is because finally you realize that what you were praying for all those years when you were young was right here in front of you all the time) He shows up again so you can enjoy thanking Him.
"Its a happy circumstance that when nature gives us true burning desire, it also gives us the means to satisfy them." -Ed Seykota
It started thinking God would answer all my prayers. When that didn't happen I gave up praying but I never gave up wanting. When I gave up wanting He answered the prayer. Chicken or egg baby. You never know. But it is very pleasant just to believe. Now I wish I had prayed more. I didn't realize how long these prayers take to answer. It involves a lot of what most people call coincidences all along the way. And some of those coincidences are so painful that if you knew they were part of answering the prayer you might just say, "Aw, To hell with the prayer! That was just something I dreamed of when I was a kid. Spare me the pain!!!"
"It started thinking God would answer all my prayers." But He did answer our prayers, sometimes we were not listening, God walks along us as He gives us free will to do as we please, and that means we can either work to make our life or not.
I like this -- I'm a spiritual/religious person too. I believe in an enlightened/magical plane. Divine signs and what not.
you could kindly take your comments over to Politics and Religion or you will get the whole thread moved over there. This has nothing to do Politics or Religion. It has a lot to do with the psychology of trading.