Continuous rebalancing

The quality of your being is going to decide the quality of your doing. We all know that from daily life. What kind of mood are you in? Are you sad? Are you angry? Or are you at peace? Are you joyful? That mood is going to decide how you work, how you speak to people, how you do your work, how you chair a meeting, how you bring a glass of water to a thirsty person. The way you do that is going to be influenced by the quality of your mind, the quality of your heart, the quality of your being. This is why I am suggesting that in the Christian tradition, we integrate daily meditation into our lives because we all go out of balance. I can go out of balance very quickly. We all do. We have problems, we have disappointments, we have conflicts. Our moods change as well as circumstances in life – the people you are living with, the people you are working with. We all need continuous rebalancing.

Meditating as a Christian by Laurence Freeman OSB