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A 4 page essay that relates what John Ortberg advises in chapters 4 and 5 of his book The Life You've Always Wanted and how the writer applied these spiritual disciplines for a day and plans to continue Ortberg's spiritually sound direction. No other sources cited.
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directives from chapters four and five for a day and this experience generated a vow to continue to follow Ortbergs profoundly spiritual perspective. Chapter 4, "A Dee Dah Day:
The Practice of Celebration," begins with Ortberg explaining that "Dee Dah Day" is a phrase his daughter Mallory sings as she dances around with joy, repeating the phrase over
and over. Ortberg, who is focusing solely on getting the chore of bathing his children over with asks her to stop, and she asks "Why?" and Ortberg realizes that
he has no reason (Ortberg 59). He puts aside his manufactured need to hurry and dances with his child, enjoying the joy of the moment. Ortberg succinctly and accurate
sums up the way that Americans live their lives by making the observation that he tends to "divide my minutes into two categories: living and waiting to live" (Ortberg 60).
He argues that what keep people from experiencing the genuine joy that can be found in Christian life is their "preoccupation with self" (Ortberg 60). He goes on to present
the idea that Christians should "practice the discipline of celebration" (Ortberg 66). By celebration, Ortberg is referring to when "we exercise our ability to see and feel goodness in the
simplest gift of God" (Ortberg 67). In other words, celebration is when we stop to appreciate Gods wondrous gift of life, such as the joy that a small child feels
in simply being alive. Ortberg begins chapter 5, "The Unhurried Life, The Practice of Slowing," by describing how he once asked a "wise friend" for "spiritual direction" and the
friend told him that he should "ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life" (Ortberg 76). He goes on to warn that "Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life," as it
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