The real problem in prayer is not the absence of God but the absence of us. It's not that God isn't there; it’s (nine times out of ten) that we are not. We are all over the place, entertaining memories, fantasies, anxieties. God is simply there in unending patience, saying to us, “So when are you actually going to arrive? When are you going to sit and listen, to stop roaming about, and be present?”
ROWAN WILLIAMS Being Disciples: Essentials of the Christian Life
