Chapter 7: The value of humility (paragraph 8)
The second step of humility is not to love having our own way nor to delight in our own desires. Instead we should take as our model for imitation the Lord himself when he says: I have come not to indulge my own desires but to do the will of him who sent me. (From para. 8 of Ch. 7 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)
Acknowledging that I do love to have my own way creates a tiny space in which I can begin to let go of judgment about this aspect of the human condition. Then, there is room for a transformative moment in which I begin to see life through the eyes of the other/the Other.
Acknowledging that I do love to have my own way creates a tiny space in which I can begin to let go of judgment about this aspect of the human condition. Then, there is room for a transformative moment in which I begin to see life through the eyes of the other/the Other.
I don’t have to give up my own way: I get to do so! I get to let go and let you, Abba, lead me in today’s dance.
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