Tradition, and habit (of whose power I have spoken) or repetition, have given it the influence or prestige of a charm.

In fact it is a spell, he who utters it feels assured that if seriously repeated it will be listened to, and that the Power to whom it is addressed will hear it.

The Florentines all round me as I write, who repeat daily, "_Pate nostro quis in cell, santi ficeturie nome tumme_!" in words which they do not understand, do not pray for daily bread or anything else in the formula; they only realize that they commune with God, and are being good.

An intelligent prayer in this light is the concentration of thought on a subject, or a _definite_ realization.

Therefore if when _willing_ that tomorrow I shall be calm all day or void of irritation, I put the will or wish into a brief and clear form, it will aid me to promptly realize or feel what I want.
And it will be a prayer in its reality, addressed to the Unknown Power or to the Will within us--an invocation, or a spell, according to the mind of him who makes it.
Thus a seeker may repeat: "I _will_, earnestly and deeply, that during all tomorrow I may be in a calm and peaceful state of mind.