In the last podcast with Coach Kelly Herrmann, there was something she shared about how she has approached coaching over the years that helped her align her actions with her beliefs. I was really struck by it, and it has been a gift to me to distill those principles out of the arena of athletics (pun intended) and this is something that applies to all of us regardless of if we are athletes, coaches, parents, students, professionals, single, married, religious sisters, brothers, or clergy.
What Coach shared was that she realized she had to do was to develop her philosophy of coaching based on the truth and align her goals with those priorities. These are steps we can all take to help make our lives more meaningful, purposeful, consistent, and integrated. Without doing so, we can tend to relegate spiritual things to Sunday or Church. By being conscious and intentional about establishing our priorities so as to lead to our goals which are consistent with our philosophy founded and grounded in the Truth.
In doing this, I really see the most foundational truth of life is the TRUTH – who is the person of Jesus. Blessed John Duns Scotus, a Franciscan philosopher in the 13th century said that Jesus came to manifest the love of God the Father. He also taught that the greatest thing we can do is to choose to love the good and God is the greatest good. This being my philosophy lays out the goals 1) receiving God’s love, 2) loving Him as the greatest good, 3) loving what He loves (me and others) and 4) affirming the good. I’ve found that affirming the good in others, especially when they’re being difficult or challenging is naturally before me because I know in a very thought-out way it aligns with my philosophy and the truth of who God is and who I am in Him.
I’ve found this to be a very helpful decision-making tool and helps me keep my behaviors in line with my beliefs. I challenge you to pray about it and consider doing it. I hope it blesses you as much as it has blessed me.
May the Lord give you peace!
Margaret
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