Four Pillars

I'm at a point where I am enjoying my lifestyle more than ever. Not that life has become easier, or that I am more settled. Quite the contrary... my life is getting more busy, relationships and situations more complicated and I seem to be living out of a suitcase as much as I am in my own bedroom.

Despite all this I love the way my lifestyle is going... in all my movement, travels, music, studies, pastoral care and parish and seminary life there is a foundation of habits that keeps me sane and smiling:

• Prayer,
• Study,
• Maintaining and building friendships, and
• Exercise.

These 4 things are the pillars that keep my life constant in my not-so-regular lifestyle.

The thing is: we all live busy lives, and all need to have these four pillars in as part of our daily routine... even if it means praying as you wash the dishes, listening to an audiobook as you drive to work, calling, or meeting (not just on Facebook!!) one friend, and walking once around your block before your evening shower!