Family Purpose: Namaste

Namaste the recognition of the divine spirit  in another by the divine spirit in you.

"I bow to the divine in you"

I have been reading several books on simplicity. In my attempts to "Be Still", I keep coming back to the fact that we need to simplify our lives. In a recent book, Organized Simplicity, the author states that in order to simplify as a family, you must identify your family's purpose. By identifying your purpose you are able to eliminate things from your life that don't match that purpose.  Our family purpose is to:

SEEK THE HOLY IN ALL

      - BE GENEROUS with our time, resources and spiritual gifts

      - LIVE SIMPLY so others can simply live

      - BE STILL and focus on the present moment

      - BE COMPASSIONATE and CONSIDERATE

So what does it mean to seek the holy in all? It means all. Everyone. Even that annoying guy at work. Even the person whose beliefs don't match yours. Even your child in the moment they are displaying the most hideous behavior that you have even seen (or one that isn't even that hideous but because you are so tired sends you right over the edge). That's right...we as a family actually believe that there is holy in every. single. person. Now the hard part...we have to make that belief impact our actions. We strive to remember this purpose daily and to love well and live differently because of it. Namaste.