Different people approach prayer with different attitudes. We all have so many pressing needs and desires that we approach G-d with a long laundry list of demands. The pauper, however, the truly humble person who feels that he has nothing, has only one request: his prayer is that he have the honor and pleasure of “pouring out his words before his Maker.” He realizes that there is no greater privilege than having the opportunity to unburden himself thrice daily before the King of kings. G-d is our father and we are His beloved children. How lucky we are that our Heavenly Father has an open-door policy towards his – often undeserving – children!

The pauper has only one request: his prayer is that he have the honor and pleasure of “pouring out his words before his Maker.”