Do You Have Spiritual Discipline In Life?

By habits in Procrastinating on February 2nd, 2012

I want share by what I believed was my New Year’s resolution in this year 2012. I already experienced great problems in life even if I am still during my 20s. I realized it’s still very early for me to feel all these things.

I asked myself, “What is really God’s purpose in letting me experience all this?” I thought I was into bad karma, knowing that I also have mistakes I’ve done in my life. But I really think this is way too much already. I was hoping I am not experiencing these things.

Last December of 2011, I came to a point of listing my new year’s resolution. I am thinking not one of the things I wrote was achievable. I made a decision to modify what I wrote. To sum all this, I’ve come up into one New Year’s resolution only, and that is to change myself first. But, How? I was thinking this is a broad idea and that I cannot make this happen.

After days of realization, I came across a very important thing for me to change myself into a better person; someone who is filled with nothing but good things in life. And this is to have spiritual discipline in life. I do believe that’ll be the beginning of changing myself perfectly into a better person. By this I am certain I’ve got to handle my problems and would help me heal all the pain inside my heart which will result into living a contented life.

I am a person that always pray in the evening; thanking God, asking forgiveness and asking blessings for my loved ones and to all the people I know.

But lately, I simply realize this is not enough for me to improve my spiritual discipline. I need to go to church regularly, to attend prayer groups when possible, to be an active individual to serve God and other people. I know these things are possible to happen bit by bit. However, how would I do all these things knowing that I am here residing in a place full of temptations in life?

I’ve read a news regarding a person named Douglas Todd. He loves to be around silent groups to build up his character in life. Thus, he attends retreats regularly. He did mention about an author named Merton. Douglas put focus on Merton’s book about New Seeds Of Contemplation.

Merton stated, “If you have to live in a city and work among machines and ride in the subways and eat in a place where the radio makes you deaf with spurious news and where the food destroys your life and the sentiments of those around you poison your heart with boredom, do not be impatient, but accept it as the love of God and a seed of solitude planted in your soul.”
“Meanwhile,” he wrote, “keep your sense of compassion for the men and women who have forgotten the very concept of solitude. You, at least, know that it exists, and that it is the source of peace and joy. You can still hope for such joy. They do not even hope for it anymore.”

I did reflect as to what Merton was telling us. I am certain his advice will work. By doing those things in our life, It will get us closer into spiritual disciplines in life.

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