Today’s Reflection
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In this program, we are trying to offer people an opportunity to draft a Rule of Life for themselves. So first of all we should ask the question, “What is a Rule of Life?” At first hearing the word rule may sound inappropriate or difficult to some. We have a negative reaction often times to rules and we don’t want to live by rules. But when monastics talk about a Rule of Life they’re not talking about a list of rules that we follow. The word “rule” comes from the Latin word regulari, which has the word that gives us words like regularize or regulations. And a rule is a way of regularizing our life, of bringing order and an intentional approach to the way that we are living. So rather than living randomly and just allowing ourselves to respond to the things that happen to us in life, a Rule of Life gives us a chance to step back and to think about what it is that we value and how we intend to live. What are the values we want to express in our daily living?
– Br. David Vryhof
There is no accompanying podcast episode this week.
This Week’s Workbook Exercise
Spend time now recording some of the key points you want to recall related to your relationship with self.
Use the exercise to consider each question, starting with the head and moving down to the toes.
Today’s Question to Journal
What do you love about yourself?