micro and macro

i was seated beside a priest this morning...  he was saying he always prays for this rebel group currently in the news and these certain war-torn countries...

i blurted out, 'aw!  i suddenly felt so parochial...  i always pray for all the househelp our family has had since i was a child...  as in, i mention their names one by one in my prayers...'  : }

the priest said when he was a child, that was also how he prayed.  he enumerates the names of his brothers and sisters and prays for each one of them.  but as he got older, he started praying for virtues and more general things.

uh-oh...  so i have a child's prayer?  :"}

i was just thinking, these people could be so engrossed tackling the challenges of daily living they might not take time to pray anymore...  i therefore take it upon myself to be the one to pray for them...

and my thoughts are not purely micro...  i'm thinking along the lines of the invisible hand...  taking care of the individual, especially the forlorn and disadvantaged, will make the world itself a little better somehow...

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