Reflection authored by Vicki Berberich, Parishioner
Holy Cow did you read this chapter?! Start at Zero pretty powerful words for us to live by… start every day with a fresh start!
This chapter spoke volumes to me, oh how I wish I could tell all of you that this is me! How I start every day with a fresh page, no worries about yesterday, last week or last month….NOT!!
This chapter is challenging me, so much so that I’ve posted a note on my bathroom mirror that says “Start at Zero”. I am challenging myself daily to have that “fresh page and clean start”.
What has been working for me is taking the focus off me. Looking outside myself how am I able to help others today. Maybe it’s the kind word to a stranger, stopping by the food boxes around Ankeny to add more food, maybe it’s a text, email or note to someone to let them know I’m thinking about them.
It takes intentional effort for me to live in the moment, I am a planner, organizer, always thinking what I need to do next…I’m going to focus this Lenten season on “Starting at Zero”.
How do you plan to “Start at Zero”?
Here’s a suggestion: Read the Beatitudes is there one phrase that causes your heart to stir? Maybe that’s what you focus on.
Dear Lord, it’s not easy letting go of our yesterdays, today help me Lord to be present, to start at zero, to focus on what is happening right this minute in my life….Amen.