You can't have ego and gratitude at the same time.
Prayer is you speaking to God. Meditation is allowing the spirit to speak to you.
I have all the time in the world. I am in touch with the timeless. I am surrounded by infinity.
An intimate relationship is one that allows you to be yourself.
Life is a metaphor for what's happening in your consciousness.
Every drop of water in an ocean contains the flavor of the whole ocean. So too, every moment in time contains the flavor of eternity, if you could live in that moment, but most people do not live in the moment which is the only time they really have.