Good morning all, Bore da pawb!

I'm not sure if this is helping anyone but it is helping me, so that's at least one eh?

For day 3 we have a different Bible verse to begin your day.

The next addition to the plan is nothing big but it is important.

Saint Benedict who founded multiple communities of monks wrote some rules for the brothers in these communities to ensure that they had good physical, emotional and spiritual health.

One thing he thought particularly important was to be active, to ensure you use you time well. He said “ Idleness is the enemy of the soul so the brothers ought to engage in manual labour at set times and at other times in biblical study.”

Essentially keep your mind and body active. If you are stuck in the house, make sure you spend some time being physically active and balance this with some reading or listening to a podcast (the Digital Deacon one is not bad). Netflix and Disney plus have their place but not all day :D

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MORNING

Wake, but do not move to begin with. Be aware of yourself, the air going in and out of your lungs, be aware of your senses and what they are telling you, feel the aches and pains of life that were dulled a bit by rest.

Give thanks, because all you feel means you are alive, the world is better for you being in it.

Take a moment to think of ONE positive thing you will try to do today.

Psalm 143:8 (Read through slowly 3 times)

8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,

    for I have put my trust in you.

Show me the way I should go,

    for to you I entrust my life.

BREAKFAST

As you make your breakfast, be mindful of each thing you do as you do it. Be fully present.

As you consume your breakfast offer thanks for the producers and distributers of our food, water and power.

LUNCH

Pause. Sit. Breathe. You are still here.

Follow the same routine of mindfulness and thanks as at breakfast.

DINNER/TEA

Same as for lunch

EVENING BEFORE SLEEP

Be aware of yourself, the air going in and out of your lungs, be aware of your senses and what they are telling you, feel the aches and pains of life that will be dulled a bit by rest.

Give thanks, because all you feel means you are alive and have lived, the world is better for you being in it.

Thanks be to God.

Amen