reminds me of what I heard suggested by many in "the rooms" many trips around the sun ago--writing a gratitude list every night (never did) or just a say a bedtime "prayer" thanking the universe for what one has to be greatful for (this I do at times) as a way of getting past the shit without the substance

Moreover, the best prayer is not a request but rather of thanks:

“The correct prayer is therefore never a prayer of supplication, but a prayer of gratitude. When you thank God in advance for that which you choose to experience in your reality, you, in effect, acknowledge that it is there…in effect. Thankfulness is thus the most powerful statement to God; an affirmation that even before you ask, I have answered. Therefore never supplicate. Appreciate.”

― Neale Donald Walsch, The Complete Conversations with God