Slippery Slope

 Why focus on prayer early each day?  For one, if you start early, you may return to it briefly during the day.  We are trying to keep God in mind rather than on some back burner, to be called upon at some later time each day.  If we ignore early morning prayer, we might become captive to the events of the day.  Not only will they become our focus, but they will become our ALL, as in all-encompassing.  The ego will rule.  Anxiety will develop.  Maybe fear too.  And then we simply forget God.  As someone said, "To grow careless little by little is the mother of forgetfulness."  If I don't start out with prayer early in the morning, I often get to bedtime and say, "What happened to the day?  I forgot to pray."  Many a person has gotten into Recovery, become very busy, successful, seemingly important, and then gone back to their addiction.