Chapter 48: Daily manual labor (paragraphs 3-5)
As a special provision during these days of Lent each member of the community is to be given a book from the library to read thoroughly each day in a regular and conscientious way. (From para. 4 of Ch. 48 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)
At this stage of my life, I really have no one else to blame for my distracted or "semi-conscientious" ways. Has meditation helped me to become more focussed? Perhaps, or perhaps I'm better at recognizing my distraction. Maybe I 'm better at accepting distraction as part of the human condition. Maybe I'm kinder with myself about it.
At this stage of my life, I really have no one else to blame for my distracted or "semi-conscientious" ways. Has meditation helped me to become more focussed? Perhaps, or perhaps I'm better at recognizing my distraction. Maybe I 'm better at accepting distraction as part of the human condition. Maybe I'm kinder with myself about it.
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