I Confess the Same Things Over and Over

What most prevents us from a deeper conversion is a lack of awareness, a lack of reflection upon our lives.

We don’t learn by experience. Rather we learn by reflecting on our experiences.

Every day take a few minutes to do a brief examination of conscience.

It only takes a couple of minutes. It can be done at the end of the day or the beginning of the next day.

Try this:

Look back over the last 24 hours on your thoughts, words and actions. Identify where you did what was wrong or failed to do what was right.

Then ask – why did I do that? What were the feelings or disordered desires that prompted you to fall?

When you can identify those, you are getting to the roots of the problem.

Finish by making a concrete game plan to act differently.

You could incorporate this into your daily resolution from meditation.