Chapter 68: The response to orders that seem impossible

If instructions are given to anyone in the community which seem too burdensome or even impossible, then the right thing is to accept the order in a spirit of uncomplaining obedience.

(From Ch. 68 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)

Sometimes the "instructions" come from life itself, in terms of an inescapable situation. Then, I try to remember what meditation teaches me, that prayer is the laying aside of thoughts.  And in this practice, the way to follow can become much more clear.