Here’s a little spiritual practice that I have started while in Florence. Whenever I think a negative, judgmental, cynical thought, I stop and shift to a gratitude. For example, yesterday I passed a store displaying a leather golf bag, with a sign that said in English, “Do not touch!” Negative thoughts—“Who would want such a bag that is too expensive and too heavy to carry around the golf course? People are trying to buy happiness.”
“Stop. Thank you, God, that I can afford to be here in this beautiful city.”
It is an huge challenge to erase thoughts that continually float into my consciousness. I keep forgetting but, as the saying goes, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”I keep trying because I believe that they are toxic to prayer, not to mention that they prevent me from loving my neighbor as myself.
“Stop. Thank you, God, that I can afford to be here in this beautiful city.”
It is an huge challenge to erase thoughts that continually float into my consciousness. I keep forgetting but, as the saying goes, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”I keep trying because I believe that they are toxic to prayer, not to mention that they prevent me from loving my neighbor as myself.
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