Many find it a powerful and significant path to make ongoing formation in one’s life more real!
This Sharing Invites you to consider this request of the Society
Its value?
How to do it?
In it we identify:
the most important roles, and relationships in our lives
who I want to be,
what I want to do,
to whom and what do I want to give my life,
the principles I want to anchor my life to,
the legacy I want to leave
Is it worth it?
Why do it?
How will it help me?
“Where there is no Vision - the People Perish”
Proverbs 28
“The Spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for he has anointed me. He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives and to the blind new sight, to set the downtrodden free, to proclaim the Lord’s year of favour.” (Lk 4:16-22)
His Dream at the Age of 9 and repeated a number of times through his life …
A vision without a task is but a dream.
A task without a vision is drudgery.
A vision with a task is the hope of the world.
We need to learn to set our course by the stars,
not by the lights of every passing ship. Omar Nelson Bradley
Reach high,
for stars lie hidden in your soul.
Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. Pamela Vaull Starr
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens. Carl Jung
Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. Casey Kasem
When it excites you to do something,
When it gives you pleasure and a sense of satisfaction,
and when it fulfils your most important values. (Holpp and Kelly)
It's like deciding first which wall you want to lean your ladder of life against, and then beginning to climb.
It can be a compass
a strong source of guidance amid the stormy seas and pressing, pulling currents of our lives.
How often are they on course?
How do they manage to get to their destination?
Results
Behaviours
Tactics/ Strategies
Goals
Mission
Vision
Beliefs
(Ground level …)
Values
Unconscious Programs
The Plan is like a stake that keeps the tree growing straight and in the healthiest way possible!!
The plan is striving to help us live out what is most important to us .. in the most life giving manner.
Or Plan
69. – the ability to bring together one’s desires, energies and values in a personal project of life, in which one assumes responsibility for one’s growth and lives to the full the deepest motivations of one’s vocation.
209 –216. the plan is not so much a text to be put in to practice as an expression and instrument of a community that chooses to work together to help each confrere tread the path of his formation
216. The Salesian accepts this responsibility (of personal formation) ..
One of the practical ways in which he shows responsibility for his formation is by having a personal plan for his own life. In it he delineates the kind of Salesian he feels called to become and the way to achieve this, always of course in tune with Salesian values. From time to time, in dialogue with his Rector, he assesses the progress he has made in attaining his objectives.
Human formation:
Physical health:
Psychological balance:
Affective and sexual maturity:
Relational ability:
Spiritual Formation:
Intellectual Formation:
Youth Pastoral Ministry
Each person must find a path!!
1. Adapting directly from the Ratio Material
2. Using Stephen Covey’s guide – “Putting First Things First”
Human
Spiritual
Intellectual
Pastoral
Now
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Human
Spiritual
Intellectual
Pastoral
Now
Living Paradoxes as => wholeness.
Physical health
Spirituality
-Depthing the 4 movements
Mysticism.
Hobby interest of bridge.
Courage To Teach prgms for teachers.
5
Set a weight limit of 80 Kgs
Integrating Centering Prayer
Rector?
Learning Spanish
Youth Leadership
Suggestion 1 - explore:
What I would like to be;.
What I would like to do;
What I would like to have;
What I would like to be;
A Salesian priest who loves deeply, dreams, leads, teaches, lives vibrantly.
What I would like to do;
Be a Salesian priest who touches peoples lives and helps God to be more present in their lives and the world.
What I would like to have;
Deep friendships with people and God.
Role:
Tribute:
Role:
Tribute:
Priest of God
Priest who Loved
Priest who shared
Priest who taught
Role:
Tribute:
Priest of God
He lived as a friend of God, drawing life from God.
Priest who taught
He knew his subjects well and taught with imagination and vision.
Composing a personal plan.
Go to their web site for some guidance of integrating, principles, values, etc into such a statement.
To find happiness, fulfilment, and value in living I will:
LEAD a life centered around the principles of growth, human dignity, integrity, and service.
REMEMBER what's important in life is spiritual fulfilment, relationships, contribution, personal growth, and peace of mind.
REVERE admirable characteristics in others, such as being committed, enthusiastic, caring, selfless, fun, and respectful, and attempt to implement similar characteristics in my own life.
My Personal Mission statement – (on handout). Written over a considerable period .. Approximately 6 months. Completed in Aug 95,
fine-tunned March 98,
Again in May 99,
Constant review and use!!
That is the Rub!!
Covey offers a way to apply this weekly
I would see this as the next step in the process of making this practical and useable in ones life.
If you can say “Yes” to the following:
This plan excites me to do something,
It gives me pleasure and a sense of satisfaction,
and it guides me to fulfil and live my most important values.
(Adapted from Holpp and Kelly)
