Sunday, January 08, 2006
New Year, New Liturgy
We had a great first liturgy of the year, at moot this evening. (Sorry, I forgot to take my camera out, so no photos to tickle your visual fancy).
It really fitted in well with the thoughts I've been having about the New Year, and the chance for a fresh start that this entails - to go into the New Year with a new attitude. The liturgy is attached below for you to read - I recommend it.
My own personal thoughts have taken a strange turn. I composed a list of truisms that I want to take with me into the new year - a few ideas that might help me to deal with life a little better. It's not achievement-centred, it's more attitude based - it's about HOW you deal with what life throws up.
The problem is, that you can start the year with the best of intentions, but sometimes circumstances beyond your control can take all your intentions out of your hands and prevent you from reaching your "goals". That's life.
The reality is that what marks you out as a person is more about how you go about your life, and how you deal with the things life throws up, rather than what you got done. Life beyond achievement.
Here's some of my "truisms", anyway, for what it's worth. Feel free to share your own:
Enjoy your own life. Don't envy anyone else's.
Experience all you can. Innocence is overrated.
Do things you don't normally do on a regular basis.
Give more.
Be wise as a serpent, and innocent of crime.
Keep learning
See, Hear, Feel, Touch, Taste, Smell God.
Drink more water.
Trust your instincts and see the good in other people at the same time.
Do one thing at a time.
Play the cards you've been dealt to the best of your ability. Don't complain about the dealer.
new%20year%20meal%20liturgy.doc
It really fitted in well with the thoughts I've been having about the New Year, and the chance for a fresh start that this entails - to go into the New Year with a new attitude. The liturgy is attached below for you to read - I recommend it.
My own personal thoughts have taken a strange turn. I composed a list of truisms that I want to take with me into the new year - a few ideas that might help me to deal with life a little better. It's not achievement-centred, it's more attitude based - it's about HOW you deal with what life throws up.
The problem is, that you can start the year with the best of intentions, but sometimes circumstances beyond your control can take all your intentions out of your hands and prevent you from reaching your "goals". That's life.
The reality is that what marks you out as a person is more about how you go about your life, and how you deal with the things life throws up, rather than what you got done. Life beyond achievement.
Here's some of my "truisms", anyway, for what it's worth. Feel free to share your own:
Enjoy your own life. Don't envy anyone else's.
Experience all you can. Innocence is overrated.
Do things you don't normally do on a regular basis.
Give more.
Be wise as a serpent, and innocent of crime.
Keep learning
See, Hear, Feel, Touch, Taste, Smell God.
Drink more water.
Trust your instincts and see the good in other people at the same time.
Do one thing at a time.
Play the cards you've been dealt to the best of your ability. Don't complain about the dealer.
new%20year%20meal%20liturgy.doc
