Today begins another school year for many educators across the country, some students as well (though my three boys are still blissfully sleeping in!). And one of the questions on my mind as each new school year begins is:
“How will this year be different?”
Today you can also find me over at IgnatianSpirituality.com reflecting on not just how this year may be different but how I may enter it differently myself and what I need to let go of to do just that!
Here is an excerpt:
Each year as I get to know myself and others better through prayer, contemplation, and encounter, I am finding more and more attitudes, postures, and ways of proceeding that no longer fit the person I am becoming. There have been people in my life that have pointed out the visible gap between these old ways of proceeding and the Gretchen they now know me to be. Still, like my sons, I tend to hold on a little too long to a few ill-fitting things. As much as I don’t want my sons walking into a new year with a closet full of outgrown clothes, I don’t want to enter into a new year shoving myself once again into attitudes, postures, and ways of thinking that no longer fit me.
Go here to read the full reflection and then let me know what things you may need to let go of to start this year differently… to make this year… beautiful!
