Taking The Be-Attitudes To Heart

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I think it's helpful to learn
the Beatitudes off by heart.

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So that they become a framework
for living that we internalize

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that begins to shape our response.

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And I think it's helpful
for us to meditate on that

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day and night.

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But I would say
the most important part,

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the most important time
for reflecting on that,

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Is in the nanosecond
between action and reaction

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in the constant ebb
and flow and busyness of life.

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Because the revolution succeeds
or fails depending on our response.

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I believe we need to be
able, in the busyness of life,

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to slow down,

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so we have the time between
our action and reaction

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to process our response,

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and then shape our response
in terms of the Beatitudes.

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That's where the revolution
is won or lost.

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And I think we need to not only
do contemplation upon action,

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we need to do
contemplation in action

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so we actually reflect
on the Beatitudes

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and then process our reactions
in the light of Beatitudes.

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And so that we respond
creatively and constructively.

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So we don't destroy

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the very communities that
we're trying to nurture.