‘austraLasia’ # 104
PLAYTIME FOR RECTORS IN BATULAO
L. Capelli
BATULAO (Phil): 12th October -- After a well deserved rest the Rectors
began a new module on Sunday, with Sr.Leticia Garcia, Daughter of
Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul.
She began her lecture "Play shop" very unassumingly but led the rectors
to deep and serious reflection in response to the question: Where are
you now? She helped reflect through a "Play shop" by simply asking for
four adjectives: "two on what people think about you and two describing
instead who you are really...".
Each group (by age level) had to put the adjectives in a song, skit or
whatever. What came out was quite a show describing thug the seriousness
of the gap between who we really are and what people think. This gap
exists for many reasons, among which probably the fact that at times we
deal with each other not exactly at the core of our
being but from a "functional" relationship wherein we read each other
according to fixed standards or according to each one's map which exists
somehow in our head and gives us a certain perception of things...
The afternoon was spent reflecting on the stages of development
(morning, noon, evening or if you prefer: spring, summer,
autumn...winter. Spring signifying fullness of life, summer fulness of
energy and autumn and winter the slowing down of the performing
abilities while marking a clear growth in other deeper attitudes and
values.
A message came across very strongly. If we relate functionally and focus
on performance sooner or later we might burn more energies than we can
afford to... with serious risks. Fortunately the body will tell us when
things get too far and give us certain signals to bring us to a SHIFT
of focus: from achievement to simple presence, from performance to
interiority... .
One of the things the rectors realized is that in order to be more
caring and nurturing to others they have to take care of themselves
first of
all...
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