Chapter 64: The election of an abbot or abbess (paragraphs 3-4)

They should not be trouble-makers nor given to excessive anxiety nor should they be too demanding and obstinate, nor yet interfering and inclined to suspicion so as never to be at rest. (From para. 4 of Ch. 64 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

Benedict allows me to be a little anxious and demanding and obstinate, but only because I am still learning to rest in the Lord. It is from that point of rest that I can be most present and respond most appropriately.