Imagine a culture in which everything is geared

toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be;

in which individuals are driven to devoting their lives

to becoming enlightened by the natural flood of compassion for others

that arises from their wisdom.

~Robert Thurman

when it’s deep time in the heart…

inquiry for today~ for all the ways we love….

how to live with the most….

St. Francis teaches us that the holiest word is not always “yes.”

Sometimes holiness begins when we have the courage to say, “This belongs to God, and I will guard it.”

A few practical steps:

~Protect the first moments of your day. Give them to prayer before giving them to the world.

~Learn to pause before saying yes. Discern whether a request comes from God, guilt, pressure, or the desire to please.

~Limit what enters your mind. Not every conversation, opinion, news story, or social media post deserves your attention.

~Spend time with people who strengthen virtue and create distance from influences that weaken it.

~Schedule regular moments of silence. A soul without silence eventually loses its clarity.

~Ask yourself each evening: What protected my peace today, and what stole it?

Holy boundaries are not a rejection of others.

They are a protection of what God has entrusted to us: our vocation, our conscience and our peace.