Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.
He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.
Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.
Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.