Holy Spirit, please help me to cultivate awareness of your constant presence, lest I unconsciously cultivate anxiety.
Help me consciously cultivate patience, lest I unconsciously cultivate stress.
Help me consciously cultivate gratitude, lest I unconsciously cultivate entitlement.
Help
me consciously cultivate love, lest I unconsciously cultivate judgment.
Self care includes rest and relaxation.
Living busy lives in a busy and complex world, it is easy to neglect self care in general, and rest in particular. Just as an athlete can over-train, people who seek to learn and grow can over-train - can neglect the rest and relaxation needed for learning and growth, and for the health, joy and fulfillment that is the point of it all.
Am I disciplined enough to relax? To give my mind and body enough rest? To accept that there is a healthful limit to what I can do right now, or today?
If I fail to cultivate gratitude, am I not unconsciously cultivating its opposite: a sense of entitlement?
How do I discern when life is good?
How do I discern when my life is good?
Is my life only good when everything that matters to me is good?
Would I want my performance as a parent, or at work, or in a relationship, or as a citizen to be judged by that standard?