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Upon looking at my messy desk and observing my jam-packed daily schedule, an outsider might question my Benedictine Balance. Granted, I do keep some crazy hours with my ministry (as the Director of Campus Ministry and Director of Residence Life at Mount Marty College), family, and community commitments. However, balance means more than having a clean desk or an 8:00 - 5:00 job. To me, it means finding time to grow in body, mind, and spirit every single day.
Whether I am doing my morning exercising, walking to and from work, going to daily prayer and Mass, fishing with family members or other Sisters, praying the Rosary with the College students, or watching a Minnesota Twins baseball game, I find time to connect with God over little things. Part of the trick in finding balance is to see God in the ordinary and to keep God at the center of everything
I do throughout the day. If I lose sight of God in my busy, hurried schedule, I become like a washing machine that is off-kilter and needs to be re-aligned before it works right and the cycle can begin again. Prayer (both communal and personal) is my great stabilizer and equalizer.
Thank God that I live in a community where I can be called to be all that I can be spiritually, physically, and emotionally.
