I used to brlieve that when you are about to go to sleep, and you pray, and your laready laying dowm, when you close your eyes to pray. When your finished praying, I always thought you had to open your eyes and close them back or else Jesus would think your prayer would go on ond on.
A childhood belief about prayers
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if you don't close your eyes while you sneeze YOU DIE!!!!— Nutter
- When I was little my friend told me that if you snease with your eyes open you eyes will fall out!Anon
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- When my favorite Uncle died, I thought if I stared at him in his coffin he would open his eyes and be alive.— Cindy
- I used to believe that if you sneezed with your eyes open you would die!— Becky
- I don't know why but when i was 5 i used to think the place where you kneel to pray was were kids sat.Anon