Ask. Offer. Accept.

The saint and ancient mystic Francis de Sales taught a centering prayer that regardless of religious belief or faith, can be applied to our day to day living. It’s especially helpful before engaging in an activity. Or transitioning to a new one.

It’s a three step prayer that goes like this…

Step One: ASK…For whatever you’re about to do, ask for God’s (or the universe, the great force, etc.) help with said task. This will focus you. To ask for help, you need to know exactly what you’re doing and why you’re doing it.

Step Two: OFFER…The time you’re about to spend on the activity, offer it up as a sacrifice of some sort. Make it bigger than just you. Want the time you spend to benefit or be of service to others.

Step Three: ACCEPT…No matter the outcome of said activity, accept it. Let go. If it went like you thought or even better, be grateful. If it didn’t go well or was a disaster, be grateful. You learned something. Trust that either way, it went how it was supposed to go. Move on to the next activity.

You can do this all day long with anything you’re about to do. Give it a shot. Let me know how it goes.