“You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them and you listen to their cry.” Psalm 10:17.
An umbrella of protection is made by prayer. Whether you need protection from judgments, gossip, or your mother in law, prayer will protect you from negativity. When Martin Luther felt stretched with time he would purposely get up early to make sure he had extra prayer and meditation time. He was able to get more done in his day because of this extra prayer time.
The easiest prayer to feel freedom and protection with is this simple fear prayer. “God, please remove my fear of…direct my thinking to what you would have me be and do.” When we focus on prayer and what God wants us to do with “our” time, we don’t give energy to the meaness of the world. We automatically have more time to accomplish the important things (and surprisingly less desire to watch tv!)