"We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?" -- Seneca
Namaste
Peace and Love
2007-04-15 14:03:30 · 18 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes it is as long as you do not obsess about it in a negative way. Reflect in a constructive not a destructive way. Example? Lets say something negative happened today. How did you handle it? Reflect on the whole, pull from it the positive that you achieved no matter how small. If you replay the negative or put things into a negative context, it will creep into your subconscious as a negative belief about yourself. So, replay what you did that was good. Release what you did that was not so good, acknowledge it and release it!!! The positive will become a kind of affirmation in your subconscious. This will help you.
Generally, people do not give enough time for contemplation. Contemplation is an awesome tool. People who are willing to look in the mirror of the self are the ones who grow and evolve all the days of their lives. That is a beautiful thing isn't it?
It is wonderful that you even think to do this. The person on here who called it a form of stewardship, wow! What a nice way of looking at it. I feel it is a responsibility and for me a desire to always be and do my best. Not just for my sake, but for all around me.
Peace!
2007-04-15 14:46:46 · answer #1 · answered by Jamie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course "Mom" thinks this is mean... after all, you're the other woman in her child's life, and she wants to be the hero! However, as a stepmother, you must parent with love and gentleness, but not let her get away with things just because you are not blood relatives. Is school important to her? Let her be late next time or go with messy hair again and then make HER explain it to her teacher (this works particularly well if you talk to the teacher first). Responsibility is such a valuable lesson to learn... and parenting out of guilt makes for some really rotten and spoiled kids -- take it from a third grade teacher!
2016-05-21 00:34:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A very good question, mindfulness meditation is an excellent way to do this.
Yes, I think it very wise to do this and a useful tool for improvement on a daily basis. It can have other benefits also, imagine the person you hurt the previous day receiving an apology the next day, or that hurt person getting praise from you in the bosses ear.
A good question and good advice...
Peace from a Buddhist...
2007-04-16 07:56:20 · answer #3 · answered by Gaz 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
An excellent question. I realize I've always done this, not thinking of it as a "practice" or "routine" but simply the introspection that comes to me in my serene late evening hours. I think it is also wise, during the day, to reflect on my actions (or inactions). There is then less to "sort out." [insert chuckle] I'm just trying to say that it's possible to reflect on the MOMENT as well. Gaz & Jamie, especially, responded beautifully.
2007-04-16 09:29:40 · answer #4 · answered by Psychic Cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think this is true in all religions, including Christianity. As a Christian, I am to examine my life to ensure that I am living my life in a way that is pleasing to God. Because at the end of my life, I'm expected to give an accounting to God of my actions and words.
2007-04-15 14:28:06 · answer #5 · answered by Searcher 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You bet. It's a very monastic habit (practice) to do self-examination every night after Vespers and before Compline. Many monasteries have a weekly "Chapter of Faults" where they actually stand and admit the wrongs they have done to the brotherhood.
I am not a monk....and my wife points my faults out to me anyway!!
2007-04-15 14:08:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can look into yourself and at your behavior all you want, and you can do what you humanly can to improve what brings you a guilty conscience, but being in line with what the Creator menat for us to be takes conforming to what the creator set down. No human can tell us how to be perfect, because, in that sense, we are not 'experts'. The Father in Heaven (as revealed in the Bible) is.
2007-04-15 14:38:35 · answer #7 · answered by Who Knew? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You got some real cool ideas. It is essential for me to do that all day every day for myself. Peace be with you.
2007-04-15 14:12:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and the things you cannot fix... learn from and vow never to do again.
2007-04-15 14:18:53 · answer #9 · answered by milomax 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is good stewardship to reflect on your daily life.
Great point/ question!
2007-04-15 14:07:14 · answer #10 · answered by witness 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋