Courage

 When someone prays for the “courage to change the things they can,” one of those things is our inner longing.  Once we discover we have such a longing, it takes courage to act on it.  Silence, solitude, meditation, however we do it, acts on behalf of that longing.  Little support will come from anywhere else to do this, so it helps to have some community, some fellowship that supports your efforts at “prayer.”  Sometimes you may feel that you are going upstream against the culture and this takes courage to keep going.  And if you lack courage at times, discontent will be your wake-up call.