Notes

5.8.14

Bugbear

6.8.14

The shaping of (virtuous) individual character through membership in a narrative-liturgical community.

The person with more power/responsibility should NOT emphasise his/her own personal freedom/rights, but focus more on serving the community at large. Whereas the individual who is lower down the hierarchy can be more ‘selfish’! Since the domain of authority of those higher up is large, & thereby includes other (smaller) persons, they cannot exercise unrestrained control over even what is ‘theirs’…

5.8.14
– New/fresh/different/unknown/risky/sexy/bold/exciting/hot/sensational/subversive/scandalous/disruptive
STOP repressing, pretending & conforming!
Enough is enough.
– Brobdingnagian
Oooh! 😉

6.8.14
– Annual plan:
Outings:
1. 3-day group retreat
2. 1-day SFG retreat
3. 1-day personal retreat
4. 2-3 day honeymoon
5. 2-3 days Vellore (SS)
6. 2-3 days house-visiting (Vivi, Danny, Solan, Francis, etc.)

– Be-ing (inward verb) » do-ing (outward verb)

– “I am sorry for not doing certain small things. I will try to do them without fail. I think some things are silly & unnecessary.
But please understand that I cannot do something just because YOU say so! I also need to be convinced that it is right/necessary…”
“I am not a child anymore to unquestioningly follow ‘orders’. I don’t do anything just in order to provoke or hurt others. I try to cooperate & play my part in the home. But we do have very divergent views on many things. Better to let each person follow their personal opinions instead of trying to impose. We can discuss & try to come to an agreement regarding certain important issues…”