Taking a pause or a 'brake' or a 'break' can be a challenge for me. Let me rephrase it. It is a challenge. I don't know why, I have this idea that I need to go out on weekends. When I'm 'stuck' in my house, I feel restless. I end up continue doing housework or browsing unnecessary thing (i.e., facebook) and I just can't sit down and read or write diary or even just continue to do my crochê.
My current spiritual reading book is this wonderful book:
Let me share with you something that struck me in this book:
"Life has become continuous activity. Many people suffer from stress or chronic fatigue. Professional demands create excessive obligations, and even the demands of the entertainment industry have become burdensome. All people want to do in the evening is rest, find distraction from everyday problems, and avoid effort. The result is a certain 'spiritual alienation', visible in the superficiality of one who lives only for the here and now. In our jaded consumer society, we find it difficult to stop and take a deeper look at our surroundings and ourselves." (p.19)
A priest once told me that to sleep early can be a mortification for me. It's something hard to do, but it can bring me good thing. Being silent at night, switching off my internet network is an important thing for my soul because my soul needs time to talk to God, I need to talk to God right before I fall asleep, and this silent moment will help me to prepare for the next day better.
So this is something that I need to learn.
To Pause.
If you are wondering what's the relationship between 'pause' and 'freedom', I strongly recommend you to read the book =) It's very beautiful because the book constantly emphasizes that freedom is part of our nature. Without the ability to be alone with ourselves, we can't be free, because we don't want to be friends for ourselves. (p.20).
Let's make it a challenge for this week.
1) to sleep early
2) not to reply message immediately
3) to resume my writing diary habit
4) to set aside time to sit down and pray and prepare for Mass better
5) to pause and plan my day every morning.
My current spiritual reading book is this wonderful book:
Let me share with you something that struck me in this book:
"Life has become continuous activity. Many people suffer from stress or chronic fatigue. Professional demands create excessive obligations, and even the demands of the entertainment industry have become burdensome. All people want to do in the evening is rest, find distraction from everyday problems, and avoid effort. The result is a certain 'spiritual alienation', visible in the superficiality of one who lives only for the here and now. In our jaded consumer society, we find it difficult to stop and take a deeper look at our surroundings and ourselves." (p.19)
A priest once told me that to sleep early can be a mortification for me. It's something hard to do, but it can bring me good thing. Being silent at night, switching off my internet network is an important thing for my soul because my soul needs time to talk to God, I need to talk to God right before I fall asleep, and this silent moment will help me to prepare for the next day better.
So this is something that I need to learn.
To Pause.
If you are wondering what's the relationship between 'pause' and 'freedom', I strongly recommend you to read the book =) It's very beautiful because the book constantly emphasizes that freedom is part of our nature. Without the ability to be alone with ourselves, we can't be free, because we don't want to be friends for ourselves. (p.20).
Let's make it a challenge for this week.
1) to sleep early
2) not to reply message immediately
3) to resume my writing diary habit
4) to set aside time to sit down and pray and prepare for Mass better
5) to pause and plan my day every morning.
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