CARING FOR OUR OWN ECOLOGY
Like Yourself
- self esteem
- let God love you (unconditionally)
- forgive self, others
- let positive people into your life
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Be Open To Others
- young to elderly and vice versa we can still learn
- not healthy to hide behind walls of self satisfaction
- hanging on to anger (grudge), is like taking poison and waiting for enemy to die!
* Give no one the authority to make you unhappy.
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Make Time For Fun
- at whatever age
- all work and no play makes us dull
- It is mentally healthy to let out the little boy (or girl) in us.
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Care Of Body
- what and how much we eat
- enough sleep;
- EXERCISE important!
- careful of drugs and alcohol, tobacco and other addictions
- learn to relax and do it daily (meditation)
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Learn The Joy Of Prayer
- to be before God
- just to be there in silence (contemplation)
- Mid-life and older
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- no longer need to prove things
.........- just welcome moments of aloneness
.........- go inward
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- too much of our prayer is
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thinking on our part;
.......we do all the
words and thoughts
.........- were in control
- to contemplate
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let God be in charge
.........- empty self and get out of the way
.........- letting God be in control!
- contemplation prayer
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being empty before God
.........and. letting
God fill us up.
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How to tell if my prayer is authentic?
How do I treat others after praying? Prayer begins by talking (inviting
God) and ends by listening ...
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Honest Communication
- by touch, word and action
- Touch
............- our hang ups regarding touch
- Word
.......- say what we mean and what is true
........- "white lies"
- Always preach the Good News with our lives
...........- use words if necessary!
- Action
........- how we live
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Look At The Humorous Side Of Life
- we weren't designed to live in gloom..
- negativity drains spiritual energy
- be able to laugh at unique, funny things that happen to us.
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Live In The Present
- that's all we have
.........- enjoy and appreciate it.
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- past is gone 
.- don't dwell on sadness and past
sins ....
... except to learn from failure
- future
.- in God's hands
.......- and we can't do much about it
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HE WHO CAN
.. LOVES US SO MUCH.
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Realize What's Truly Important:
- family
- friends
- the poor
- health
- take care of what we've been given or what's left
- my faith and this community
- my vision of the future
- the hope and joy of letting God handle the impossible.
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Notes from a Mission Talk
given by Fr. Bill Reichel
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