Intention

 Prayer does not have to feel good.  Our intention is important and somewhat under our control.  I can begin to pray with an intention, such as praise or thank you, or a request.  That I pay attention when I pray is not so much under my control.  Often I lose attention to the prayer.  But I still do the prayer and still have my intention.  Attention is not within my power.  Does your mind never drift off as you pray or meditate.  You intend to be quiet and still, to give your whole self to the Divine, the Power, the Ultimate Reality, God, and you soon are thinking about some issue totally disconnected to your intention.  Control what you can, intention, not what you can’t, attention.