Anime Lectio: Police in a Pod

                                                            1. Why do Anime Lectio? 

Anime Lectio is a time for us to stop and take a breath. Between work, activities, family life, and social media, our minds are always moving. We rarely take time to contemplate and ask, why am I watching this anime? What’s the point of all this? And, how is this making me feel? 

2. Put away all distractions 

(phones, work, etc.)

We are so enslaved to things that stimulate our minds. Let this be a moment for us to free our minds, look inside of ourselves, and be at peace.

3. Deep Breathing

Take several deep breaths. Let your mind relax. If you’ve had any questions, desires, or struggles that you’ve been hiding or stuffing away, let them rise up to the surface. 

4. Open yourself to God’s Presence

Remember God places all our thoughts and desires inside of us, and He uses them to draw us closer to Himself. God gives us a community to help us understand who we are and what He is calling us to do. The faces of other people you know and don't know are like signs of God’s presence.  

5. Think About What’s on Your Mind in Relation to the Anime

Think about what’s been on your mind in relation to the anime.  The following is an example of such thoughts written by me.

It's difficult to figure out what to do with your life. It could be what you do with your life now, but without working with and/or for the right person (or people), doing something about this where you already are, but in a different way, or finding another way to do something about this where you are, it could be something else. How you feel about all of this is also influential in this decision making, as are other factors, like how you live, what you want, and why you want it.  

6. Brief and written explanation of the anime

Pay attention to how the brief and written explanation of the anime seen on this blog, or seeing the anime for yourself since that's better than any explanation, might “speak” to you or shed light on the things that have been on your minds.

The anime series Police in a Pod starts off with a new and young female police officer who's thinking of quitting her job and handing in her resignation letter. This thinking is interrupted when she gets an older female police officer as her new partner/overseer. Working with this new partner, as well as several other police officers and detectives, also involves discovering other things she could do as a police officer without having to quit her job. After seeing her work in a new light, she goes back to thinking about quitting her job and handing in her resignation letter, which she doesn't do because she likes her job now.

7.  Reflect on the anime

Has this brief and written explanation of the anime shed any light on what's been on your minds?  The following is an example of a reflection on the anime from me.

If you don't like what you are doing where you are, then do something about it in order to change it. In the case of the anime series Police in a Pod, the change happens without the main character having to do anything about not liking what she's doing where she is, but this isn't always going to be the case. Sometimes, things can just work out for you in order for you to see what you do differently. At other times, you need to do something yourself about what you do in order to either do it differently, do the same thing, but somewhere else, or do something different, either where you are currently or somewhere else. Whatever your decision is, making it is important.

8. Final Prayer

Please voice any prayer intentions for friends, family, or people around the world that relate to this anime.  The following is an example written by me.

Let us pray that we can make the right decisions for ourselves based on what we want to do, why we want to do it, and other factors.