Anime Lectio: Fluffy Paradise

                                                            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. 

Having a side interest in addition to what you do for a living can help you with what you do for a living.  This is especially true if the side interest you have is also something that ends up being an important part of what you do for a living by changing your job and/or life.  An interesting example of this can be seen in the anime series Fluffy Paradise. 

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.

When an overworked office worker dies, she gets a chance to be reincarnated as a new person with a new life in a new world with an ability of her choosing.  He chooses the ability to control animals by being able to pet them since all she wants to do now is rest with animals.  However, this control over animals ability doesn't just give her the ability to always pet these animals, but control them in ways to help make this world a better place for them.  With the help of new friends and family, which she can easily win over too, she goes about making this new world a better place for everyone in it.

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.

Sometimes, your life's work, or what you do for a living your entire life, or for part(s) of it, is based on what you like to do. Even before you start your life's work, you can create change with what you like to do, which can motivate you to start your life's work based on what you like to do. Figuring out how to do this is in order to make the world a better place for others, whether it be the world in general, everyone you know, or just everyone that you work with, not just for yourself.

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 figure out how to use our side interest to make the world a better place for others, not just ourselves.