My house is not clean and I dont want you to come in. May you be cleansed and purified AWAKEN The World Through Enlightened Media, Copyright document.write(new Date().getFullYear());|Awaken, Posted on January 26, 2021 | Views: 2,847, Eating Your Way to Happiness - Ocean Robbins, Our Sacred Planet Mother Earth in all of its Amazing Beauty and the Quote of the Day 74, Conscious Evolution and the Integration of Science and Spirituality, Awaken Interviews Megan Larson Pt 2 - Maybe It's Nature Deficit Disorder, Catherine Ingram - Buddha At The Gas Pump Interview, Worlds Largest Battery Facility Expanded, Andrew Weil, M.D. Or you might be non-religious yourself, but still want to express your gratitude, condolences, orget-well-soon wisheswith a prayer. For those that aren't religious and do not pray, according to Ladd, the first half of "thoughts and prayers" offers a secularized alternativemuch like "happy holidays" is to "merry . I will forever be grateful for all of the people, known and unknown, who have prayed for me to feel peace. Meredith, your suggestions are exactly what my household does when someone we know has lost a loved one. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Actually, that is the perfect thing to say to someone suffering such an unimaginable loss. We find that Christians value thoughts and prayers from religious strangers and priests, while atheists and agnostics are "prayer averse"-willing to pay to avoid receiving prayers. I am sorry for their loss and offer appropriate assistance as I am able.I would never impose my thoughts upon griefstruck people and prEyer is an admission of incompetence and ignorance. We need to love our neighbor as our self this is what I am learning.. 1. I finally had to say please stop, Im not like you I need time to process and accept. Please consider participating in one of the following activities: Join a Highway Cleanup on May 1. What Cult Suicides Are and Why They Happen. When i hear love songs I cry my heart out. So try not to feel bad or awkward about using it if you want to. After losing my husband and partner of over 40 years it was family and friends who picked me up and got me through the grief. Non-religious equivalent expression for "Pray for [Country X]" after a