The heavy burden we carry.
A few weeks ago our daughter was Confirmed (this not a religious blog) and after the day was over, she and I sat and read the cards she received. One card that stood out was the Notice of Confirmation. On the card it spelled out what it means to be confirmed and what one should do now that they are seen as a member of the Church.
How often does one get a set of instructions on life? Here in front of our eyes where a set a guiding principles that we should live by not just for today but for every day. Sure, we have to take various tests here and there in life; Driver test, school test, but I don’t recall ever getting instructions on life and yet we are faced every day with a test.
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We are tested at home, at work, in our community and in ourselves every day and almost every hour. Peter Bregman from Harvard Business Review writes that we should have two lists we look at every day, one of things we will do and the other for things we won’t do. While I agree that we should have two items that we review every day, the second should not be a list, but a set of moral principles that we live by and act upon. By having this set of principles, we would not have to worry about what we shouldn’t do.
As my daughter lay down after the day of Church, she looked up and said “Dad, being an adult is hard work.” Amen
