 "Then the Mother Folded Her Hands, Fell to Her Knees..." by Fritz Syberg. “…I appreciate to the full the joy of living in days characterized by childlike frankness, openness to conviction, readiness to try all things and choose that which is good. We have our faults—grave and depressing enough—but we are ready for better things, ready, indeed, for any great crusade, if some modern Luther or Savonarola should arise and tell us the thing to do. To ‘endeavour ourselves’ to the daily effort of education, to live and act, think and speak before the children, so that they shall be hourly the better for all that we are, is harder, no doubt, than to make one enormous sacrifice.” * “Entering the spiritual search for truth and for ourselves through the so-called negative, dealing squarely with what is—in ourselves, in others, or in the world around us—takes all elitism (its most common temptation) out of spirituality. It makes arrogant religion largely impossible and reveals any violent or self-aggrandizing religion as an oxymoron (although sadly that has not been widely recognized). In this upside-down frame, the quickest ticket to heaven, enlightenment, or salvation is unworthiness itself, or at least a willingness to face our own smallness and incapacity. Our conscious need for mercy is our only real boarding pass. The ego doesn’t like that very much, but the soul fully understands.” ~ Fr. Richard Rohr Examen: How does recognizing my fallibility help my teaching practice? Am I aware of living "before the children?" What kind of crusades or voices compete for my attention? ~~~~~~~ ...I appreciate to the full: Charlotte M. Mason, Formation of Character, 5:156. Entering the spiritual: Fr Richard Rohr OFM, “Unworthiness Is the Ticket,” Center for Action and Contemplation, January 22, 2025, https://cac.org/daily-meditations/unworthiness-is-the-ticket/. Day 85 Fallible meditation/100 days copyright Laurie Bestvater 2025
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