the importance of daily prayer

I was born in a non-Baha’i family. My mother always told me that there’s was “something above us”. As such, I have never doubted the existence of this higher force. But even though I tried to practice meditation with my mother and later on alone, I never got used to praying. As I embraced the Baha’i Faith with 18, I learned about the obligation of praying and reading the Writings every day. It’s still been a great struggle for me to remind myself every day of this blessing as it is no habit that I would have learned in early childhood. But I can see very clearly all the positive effects that this “soul food” has on my caracter and life. It makes me think more clearly about my behaviour and try to become better every day.