What does it mean to 'live well' when you're exhausted from juggling the demands of work and a young family? When you've been around long enough to be scarred by loss, disappointment or frustration? When your memory is beginning to fade and you feel a burden to others? Whatever the situation we find ourselves in, this down-to-earth book will help restore a sense of purpose. Alan Hargrave draws upon 'rules of life', from Benedict to Iona, to enable us to think seriously about the pattern of our living. Through absorbing stories, honest and often very funny accounts of his own personal struggles, and the provision of many useful exercises, he aims to help us find our own 'rule of life' -- one that will not only sustain us, but allow the light that may have gone out of our eyes to shine once more! And as the energy we need to look beyond ourselves returns, so we will discover new and creative ways to express the love of God to our wonderful, needy world.

Alan Hargrave

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About the Author

Title page

Imprint

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

1. A personal journey

2. Listen

3. Stability

4. Work

5. Transformation

6. Beginning

Postscript

Appendix 1: The Community of St Etheldreda, Ely Cathedral

Appendix 2: Ely Cursillo Rule of Life

Appendix 3: Summary of the Rule of the Northumbria Community

Appendix 4: The Rule of the Iona Community

Appendix 5: Moot Rhythm of Life

Notes

The purpose of this book is to help us think through the pattern of our living in order to find a 'Rule', a way of living, that will not just sustain us, but allow us to look beyond ourselves, to make a difference, and to have a life ourselves.

Whatever situation we find ourselves in, this down-to-earth book will help restore a sense of puropse. Alan Hargrave draws upon 'Rules of Life', from Benedict to Iona, to enable us to think seriously about the pattern of our living. Through absorbing stories, honest and often very funny accounts of his own personal struggles, and the provision of many useful exercises, he aims to help us find our own 'Rule of Life' - one that will not only sustain us, but allow the light that may have gone out of our eyes to shine once more! And as the energy we need to look beyond ourselves returns, so we will discover new and creative ways to express the love of God to our wonderful, needy world.

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With so much of our lives dominated by unhealthy demands on our time and attention and both secular and religious commentators exhorting us to address the obvious dramatic imbalances in our “work-life balance”, Alan Hargrave has crafted a short work that both observes and addresses this modern contagion. Having encountered several streams of the life balances of various Christian religious orders, he has drawn heavily on re-exploring the timeless creed of St Benedict and combined helpful influences from as wide a field as Taizé to the Ionian Community.  
Through a combination of well chosen stories from his own varied life, frank and, at times, amusing anecdotes, Hargrave leads the reader to address their personal circumstances, take stock and suggests a variation in lifestyle that is more wholesome, better balanced and more likely to provide peace of heart, mind and soul and providing the opportunity to create a personal, modern “Rule of Life” that is God-honouring and personally fulfilling.  
This book will be challenging to many as we will all feel that we have not the time to make the time! Probably an even better reason to read it and take stock and be challenged. The book comes with practical guides to answer enquiring questions to help focus on one of today’s most common ailments.

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