Meditation in Eastertide ~ Friday, Week 5: The Road to ....

May 3, 2024 ~ Friday, Week 5

You are what you do, 

not what you say you'll do.

~ C.G. Jung* 

Dear Spirit of All Good Intentions ~

       I am often guilty of following the path of least resistance, also known as the prettier and easier way to procrastinate. Equally as often, I make elaborate plans to do so many good things but then allow myself to fall into the bottomless pit of more or even less enjoyable distractions. I can also jump easily into being overly busy at both necessary and superficial pursuits or worse, slacking off altogether. As Paul says in Romans 7:19: For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. Well, I'm not out there doing so much evil, I mean, I don't think I'm doing bad things so much as I'm just not doing as many good things as I could. Or, maybe, it's just that my intention planning or completion are off track as so many bad things are happening all over at an overwhelming pace so I just walk past to buy cupcakes.

       I can easily race through a day, a week, a month thoughtlessly, without really processing WHY I'm doing things and what exactly are my intentions be they good, not-so-good, or just neutral.  

      Please help me by-pass the mere intent to do. Stoke within me the doing and not merely saying. Push my head and heart to begin and end each day with the prayer I need to kickstart my engine from idea to initiative to action. Help me to walk through each part of the day with You as my reason for being, with You as my reason for doing, with You who inspires all Good Intentions. Um, do You mind if I take the walk along that pretty path while I pray?  I'll consciously work to stay intentionally focused on doing what must be done afterward while still carrying my prayer with me. amen

*Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist and is known as the founder of analytical psychology. He developed the concept of archetypes, extroversion and introversion, and the collective unconscious. His deep and collegial friendship with Sigmund Freud lasted about 6 years until a serious disagreement broke the relationship. Jung believed, in part, that spiritual development, a journey of transformation was essential for human well-being. His study of many religions gave rise to his thought that in what he called individuation, a journey to meet the self also leads to meeting the Divine.

 

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