Never forget that to forgive yourself is to release trapped energy that could be doing good work in the world. Thus to judge and condemn yourself is a form of selfishness. Self-prosecution is never noble; it does no one service. From: THE LITTLE BOOK OF FORGIVENESS by D. Patrick MillerREFLECTION:Is there something you are judging and condemning yourself for? How can you forgive yourself?What will you do to forgive you TODAY?
BE: A Pencil in the hand of God writing a love letter to the world.DO: To reawaken, inspire and nurture greatness in every soul to live inspired and fulfilled everyday!HAVE: EnoughMy Own Purpose for being. The quote about being a pencil in the hand of God was said by Mother Theresa and I love it! REFLECTION:Most people live from a Have, Do, Be model of living. I propose the Be, Do, Have is a better way to live... explore this for yourself.Do you have a mission in life, a purpose for being?What is it? Can you articulate it? Who do you want to BE?What do you want to DO?What do you want to HAVE?
So let us pick up the stones over which we stumble, friends, and build altars. Let us listen to the sound of breath in our bodies. Let us listen to the sounds of our own voices, of our own names, of our own fears. Let's claw ourselves out from the graves we've dug. Let us lick the earth from our fingers. Let us look up and out and around. The world is big and wide and wild and wonderful and wicked, and our lives are murky, magnificent, malleable, and full of meaning ..."Prayer by Pádraig Ó Tuama from his book: Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community REFLECTION:What is the sound of your own voice saying? How can you take in this big and wide and wild and wonderful and wicked world in a fuller way?