2 October 2013

Aim: To continue the work begun the day before and to evaluate the different documents paying particular attention to “Pooling and Sharing”

2 October 2013

 

Aim:  To continue the work begun the day before and to evaluate the different documents paying particular attention to “Pooling and Sharing” (2011)

 

Morning Prayer centred on happiness.  Where do we find happiness?

 

“Happiness does not come from outside ourselves, from things that we possess, from the power of our group; rather happiness comes from within, from that sacred space within each of us.  We neither are the centre of the world nor are we totally worthless.  Happiness consists in accepting ourselves as we are and choosing life.  Happiness comes when we choose to be what we are; when we accept ourselves as we are here and now and when we choose life as it is with all its joys, sufferings and conflicts.  Happiness consists in living and seeking the truth with others, in community; in taking responsibility for our lives and the lives of others.  It consists in accepting the fact that we are limited but that we can enter into relationship with the infinite and discover the universal truth that transcends all cultures.  Each person is unique and sacred.”

 

Margaret’s words of introduction to the session shed light on the themes to be worked on during the session.

 

“We live in an economy of gift and not in an economy where we are owners....”

 

The group then reflected specifically on:

-The role of the bursar

-The role of the Administration of Goods Team in the different units and at General Level.

 

Some guidelines emerged after the sharing of the group.  These concrete orientations fulfilled the objective of the session: move towards common orientations with regard to the administration of goods.