I have no need for prayers. Waste your time as you please.
Here is a little article by James Allen you may find enlightening.
THOUGHT AND CHARACTER
The aphorism, "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he,"
not only embraces the whole of a man's being, but is so
comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance
of his life. A man is literally what he thinks, his character
being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
As the plant springs from, and could not be without,
the seed, so every act of man springs from the hidden seeds
of thought, and could not have appeared without them. This
applies equally to those acts called "spontaneous" and
"unpremeditated" as to those which are deliberately executed.
Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering
are its fruit; thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter
fruitage of his own husbandry.
Man is a growth by law, and not a creation by artifice, and
cause and effect are as absolute and undeviating in the
hidden realm of thought as in the world of visible and material
things. A noble and God-like character is not a thing of favor
or chance, but is the natural result of continued effort
in right thinking, the effect of long-cherished association
with God-like thoughts. An ignoble and bestial character,
by the same process, is the result of the continued harboring
of groveling thoughts.
Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of
thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself.
He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself
heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. By the
right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the
divine perfection. By the abuse and wrong application of thought
he descends below the level of the beast. Between these
two extremes are all the grades of character, and man is their
maker and master.
Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul
which have been restored and brought to light in this age, none
is more gladdening or fruitful of divine promise and confidence
than this--that man is the master of thought, the molder
of character, and the maker and shaper of condition, environment,
and destiny.
As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord
of his own thoughts, man holds key to every situation, and contains
within himself that transforming and regenerative agency by
which he may make himself what he wills.
Man is always the master, even in his weakest and
most abandoned state. But in his weakness and degradation he
is foolish master who misgoverns his "household." When he
begins to reflect upon his condition and search diligently
for the law upon which his being is established, he then becomes
the wise master, directing his energies with intelligence
and fashioning his thoughts to fruitful issues. Such is
the conscious master, and man can only thus become by
discovering within himself the laws of thought. This discovery
is totally a matter of application, self-analysis and experience.
Only by much searching and mining are gold
and diamonds obtained, and man can find every truth connected
with his being, if he will dig deep into the mine of his soul.
That he is the maker of his character, the molder of his life,
and the builder of his destiny, he may unerringly prove, if he
will watch, control, and alter his thoughts, tracing their effects
upon himself, upon others and upon his life and circumstances,
linking cause and effect by patient practice and investigation.
And utilizing his every experience, even the most trivial,
everyday occurrence, as a means of obtaining that knowledge of
himself which is understanding, wisdom, power. In this direction
is the law of absolute that "He that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened." For only by patience, practice,
and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the door of the temple
of knowledge.
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