"The ascetic approach basically asks, What do I need to let go of? The mystical approach asks, What do I need to take up?"
"The ascetic dimension of a rule of life invites us to consider what separates us from God, and asks us to give it up"
"The mystical dimension of a rule of life invites us to consider what practices will open us to the divine mystery more fully."
-The Pastor's Guide to Spiritual Formation
It is so painfully obvious what it is that I need to give up. I need to give up BLAME. I spend so much time blaming other people. I blame others, and not strangers, for almost everything in my life. I blame my weight on my upbringing. I blame my messy house on my spouse and child. I blame my lack of work on my co-worker. I blame my laziness on my weight. I blame everyone else and everything else.
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