Giving Joy

 So someone says to me, "I get nothing out of my prayers.  Bored. No joy."  Oh.  Well maybe prayer is not all about you getting something.  I get bored sometimes and don't get what I want sometimes.  So what. Isn't prayer between me and someone not me, like God, Higher Power, The One?  Instead of focusing on what I am getting, I try to remember that God might be getting joy out of my praying.  Life is not all about me.  I probably would do a lot less helping of others if "my joy" was the focus.  Prayer is relationship.  What I feel is not all there is to it.