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With Your Rule
What's The Heart of Inconsistency?
Dear Holly
Your Catholic viewpoint on making my [duties and schedules] a 'rule' has really helped put everything into perspective, and I know a schedule is not an option for me, but a calling. It always makes my day much more smoother when I follow a schedule. But I don't always keep up with it.
Labels: 2nd P Person, About a Rule of Life
posted by Holly at 8:31 AM
3 Comments:
My initial temptations were to blame the schedules for 'not working' instead of seeing the real reason for 'schedule failure' - my own inconsistency! It is a 2nd P - Person issue!
Some helps to gaining consistency:
1. Pray - real "You-Gotta-Help-Me-Now" type prayer
2. Work out your duties in a reasonable fashion - think it all through and ask "Does this make sense?" This will help attract the will which always likes the good.
3. Start with something small -- making a morning offering with the children today, and working on just that for ten days until it's habit, and then choosing another task; starting to smile and say "Hello Sweetie" until it becomes a habit.
Baby steps. Begin a morning schedule, then a month from now, add the afternoon. Attempt what you can without burdening yourself.
If he is supportive, I would say get your husband to assist you. On those days when I am not "feeling" very motivated, it helps me to know that my husband will ask me at suppertime how our prayer times went and what the children covered during school time. It also opens the lines of communication to discuss struggles/hurdles that arise about prayer and other aspects of living our faith. When all else fails, remember tomorrow is another day. Get up, Offer your day and start again. For the Christian, the only failure is failing to keep trying.
"For the Christian , the only failure is failure to keep trying"
Thank you- I really needed to hear that on a morning when Horomones have kicked in and Motivation has kicked out. God Bless You ladies!
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