{"id":6030,"date":"2012-07-19T00:39:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T04:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=6030"},"modified":"2012-07-19T00:39:57","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T04:39:57","slug":"from-the-vows-of-a-benedictine-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2012\/07\/from-the-vows-of-a-benedictine-community.html","title":{"rendered":"From the vows of a Benedictine community"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><strong>We give up the temptation to move from place to place in search of an ideal situation. Ultimately there is no escape from oneself, and the idea that things would be better someplace else is usually an illusion. And when interpersonal conflicts arise, we have a great incentive to work things out and restore peace. This means learning the practices of love: acknowledging one\u2019s own offensive behavior, giving up one\u2019s preferences, forgiving.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013via the Archdiocese of Washington <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.adw.org\/2012\/07\/a-meditation-on-the-virtue-of-acceptance\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">blog<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We give up the temptation to move from place to place in search of an ideal situation. Ultimately there is no escape from oneself, and the idea that things would be better someplace else is usually an illusion. And when interpersonal conflicts arise, we have a great incentive to work things out and restore peace. 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