By Mike Reeves-McMillan
To live a remarkable life of courage, resilience and calm – this is something that we admire in other people, but often think we can’t achieve ourselves.
One of the secrets of this kind of success is to be able to manage the emotions that inevitably rise up in challenging circumstances. If I’m afraid, angry or depressed, it derails me. My connection with other people and the world around me is broken. There’s no flow.
So one of the most valuable life skills I’ve learned is a method of managing those emotions. It’s called the Welcoming Practice.
The Welcoming Practice is my slightly modified version of the Welcoming Prayer, which comes from the Benedictine tradition of Centering Prayer.... More...
