Lots of people pray, and as Tim and Matt have discussed before, lots of people pray incorrectly. There is a place for prayers that include praying for things, but when "things" take up all of our prayers, it sounds like we are no longer asking but demanding. Listen carefully to how you and others pray. Fill your prayers with biblical thoughts of adoration, confession, and thanksgiving before you pray for supplication and see how close you grow towards God.
Passages – Ecclesiastes 7:14; Galatians 6:3; Philippians 1:3-7