Why should we pray Lord Ganesha

Everyone has a doctorate, job, works, earns money, begets children. But is anyone truly happy ? No. They are all cycling on the ups and downs of life. In essence, they have missed out on the true purpose of life. By holding back and taking the ride of life, they have lost the true meaning.
        Sometime we delve into maya and hope for things to happen, and sometimes they do and sometimes they don't but this hope is what holds us back from experiencing Her love. That's why I call upon my Mother's child, Lord Ganesha, to help me discriminate between the real and the unreal so that the mind is never enveloped by maya.

        All we need is Him and He will decide what you want.
        If you have everything and Him, it is fine.
        If you have nothing besides Him, it is fine too.
        If you have everything but Him, it is useless.

        Ganesha, with His ears acting as a winnowing basket, will give His true devotees only what is needed for spiritual progress, and will not give them what they ask for. With Him in my heart, what else should I ask for ? Nothing. Will material pleasure ever satisfy the mind ? Never.