Strive for order gracefully and peaceably.
Order gives structure to our days and environment so as to maximize our ability and effectiveness. However, order can be demonstrated in unhealthy ways. Order out of balance can either appear completely obsessive and neat to a fault, while on the other end of the spectrum a total lack of order appears as chaos and disarray. Those who embody order have actions, possessions and tasks all of an orderly nature – everything has a set place and a set time.
Look at your daily routine and see if it is working; if not, change some part of your routine so it is more lifegiving.
Take a room or space that is out of order and make a plan to organize it.
Take an area or your life that needs discipline (health, fitness, prayer) and make a plan to make time for it.
Meditation
Daily Questions
What were the "seeds" that started to affect your order today?
Did you start your day with a plan? Did that plan come to fruition, did it fall apart, or were there glitches in it? How did you handle this?
If you or your possessions became disorderly today, what was the cause of this?
If something unfortunate happened today because of lack of order in your life, how did you overcome it or remedy the situation?
Were you able to use prayer or meditation to help create clarity so as to add more order to your day?
Did you employ any new order/routine into your day as something that will be permanent fixture?
How do you need to reorder your life tomorrow, this week or this year?
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Quotables
“Align the course of your feet, and [thereby] all your ways will be corrected.” – Proverbs 4:26
“If a person in need of discipline is obstinate and resistive, he may suddenly crumble, and there will be healing for him.” --Proverbs 29:1
“One who deals responsibly and truthfully with others and with whom the souls of others are at ease, it is as if they have fulfilled the entire Torah. --Mekhilta on Exodus 15:26
“In all your ways know Him and He will align your paths.” --Proverbs 3:6
“It is good to give charity before praying.” --Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 92:10
“Only he who prepares prior to Shabbat eats on Shabbat." --Talmud, Avodah Zara 3a
“All your actions and possessions should be orderly – each and every one in a set place and set time. Let your thoughts always be free to deal with that which lies ahead of you.” – Rabbi M.M. Lefin of Satanov, Cheshbon Hanefesh
“Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order.” --Talmud