1. Routine is a big deal for me and my family. I wrote an essay called "On Repetition" where I talk about how our days look pretty much the same. Obviously, our activities will evolve as my kids grow older but it has worked so far and we're flexible enough that we can roll with the punches when something extraordinary happens.
2. My wife and I don't necessarily have formal marriage meetings but we date night usually has a "business" side to it, if we need to discuss something. Otherwise we may check in with each other during lunch or after the kids go to sleep. Dinner is the closest we get to a family meeting, maybe when the kids are older we would do something more elaborate.
3. You are not to act in anger and do not grumble seem appropriate.
4. Silence, ironically enough, speaks the most deeply to me. I have this yearning to rid myself from the noise. I've tried to pray the Litany of Humility frequently but it is a hard thing to do, especially because those prayers get answered the fastest, I have observed.
I remember On Repetition! I think it was one of the first things I read from Peregrino and I really appreciated it.
Yes on anger and grumbling - those are two of my biggest struggles in this season. I felt really called out when "Not to prolong the duration of one’s wrath" was included on the list, so that's probably the one that I need to work on most directly.
The Litany of Humility is so beautiful and so so hard to actually desire. But so so consoling at times and certainly a challenge.
1. Routine is a big deal for me and my family. I wrote an essay called "On Repetition" where I talk about how our days look pretty much the same. Obviously, our activities will evolve as my kids grow older but it has worked so far and we're flexible enough that we can roll with the punches when something extraordinary happens.
2. My wife and I don't necessarily have formal marriage meetings but we date night usually has a "business" side to it, if we need to discuss something. Otherwise we may check in with each other during lunch or after the kids go to sleep. Dinner is the closest we get to a family meeting, maybe when the kids are older we would do something more elaborate.
3. You are not to act in anger and do not grumble seem appropriate.
4. Silence, ironically enough, speaks the most deeply to me. I have this yearning to rid myself from the noise. I've tried to pray the Litany of Humility frequently but it is a hard thing to do, especially because those prayers get answered the fastest, I have observed.
I remember On Repetition! I think it was one of the first things I read from Peregrino and I really appreciated it.
Yes on anger and grumbling - those are two of my biggest struggles in this season. I felt really called out when "Not to prolong the duration of one’s wrath" was included on the list, so that's probably the one that I need to work on most directly.
The Litany of Humility is so beautiful and so so hard to actually desire. But so so consoling at times and certainly a challenge.