Sleeping with Bread

The examen, based on the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius, helps a person hold onto what spiritually nourishes him by looking at what is giving him consolation in his life or causing him desolation. It allows someone to express his gratitude to God for the good stuff and turn to him for solace for the bad stuff.

Finger to keyboard moment--
Now is when I pause long enough to ask myself:

What have I hung on to that I would have been better served letting go of?
What have I let go of that I would have been better served holding on to?

Seems I have a 'habit' of letting go of things I need to hang on to and hanging on to things that I really just need to let go of.
Leastwise, this is what I'm told....and I don't figure I get told that for the other person's health!

Soooo....in this past week--

Things that needed let go of:

* There's been mounds of impatience with people who work at their own pace and not at the pace YOU think they oughta work at.
* The fact is--other people have a way of getting a job that doesn't match YOUR way of getting the job done. Job GETS done, isn't that what matters?
* People are going to make choices that don't quite meet your decision making expertise (insert laughter!!)/ You can let 'em make the choices and live with their successes and their growth opportunities. REALLY you can.
* Not everyone has the same principles for living that you have. Period. There's room for you OWN growth, donthca think? You grew at your own pace--so will others. (back to that 'impatience' thing again...)
* NO you don't get to tell others to 'get over themselves'. People have their own egos to deal with--you contend with YOUR OWN.
* You don't know what's good for other people. (attach that to all the above....)
* Human beings will have moods. SO WILL YOU.
* No, you don't get to predict what will happen next. Don't bother spending your energy there.
* 'Stuff' happens. No matter what you do--'stuff' will get to happen. And you'll get to 'deal'.
* Nope--it ain't 'fair'. But it is NOT without purpose!

And this week--

Things that needed held on to:

* My G-d really IS an awesome G-d.
* This too, shall pass.
* Things happen in G-d's time--and with (sometimes) a greater purpose than I could ever hope to envision.
* I'm just another child of G-d.
* G-d IS large and in charge.
* "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance--that principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer