I lead the affirming life by:

1. being continuously present with the full attention of my whole being to everything that is;
2. being fully capable of being moved emotionally by all I encounter in the world around me;
3. allowing the delight and joy that I experience to be revealed naturally and spontaneously so that the object of my delight can be moved too by his or her own goodness;
4. remaining always open to the Holy Spirit discerning in me the hidden and unique goodness in everyone I meet.

Taken from “Whatever Happened to Religious Life?” in I Will Give Them a New Heart; a compilation of articles from Conrad Baars edited by Suzanne Baars and Bonnie Shayne

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