When somebody recounts at great length all their woes, we try to listen and be helpful. But sooner or later we lose patience. I was thinking during such a conversation, if there is a God, how could he possibly listen patiently to all the woes addressed to him? If there are seven billion people on this planet, with a large proportion complaining to Him and asking for His intercession and if there are probably countless other billions of planets in the universe with intelligent life, how does He cope?

As I lay there dozing, thinking of this and coming to the conclusion that this surely proves that God cannot exist, a penetrating thought, a belief, an argument, came to mind that established that God could indeed listen to and act on all these simultaneous billions of prayers. Then I fell asleep and next morning could not remember the brilliant argument – frustrating!