I didn’t really take the week off. It was one of those travel weeks where the day began early, breakfast meetings, individual meetings, lunch meetings, more meetings, dinner with clients until midnight, then do it over. The schedule is at once energizing and tiring. And there is little time for contemplation unless I cut my 5 hours of sleep to 4 hours.
A weak excuse, I know. I’m in charge of most of my schedule. With discipline, I could carve out a half hour or so. As I reflect on a very busy week, I am forced to re-evaluate how I budget my time during my travels.
We all have busyness challenges. One woman told me she already gets up at 5 just to get ready for work when I suggested that we just get up a little earlier to read and contemplate and pray. Then I can’t follow my own advice.
Paul described us when he said that he doesn’t do what he wants to do and does what he doesn’t want to do. Guess it happens to us all.
I also took a weekend class last week (sacrificing half the Super Bowl) to improve my Yoga teaching skills and knowledge. Some Christian fundamentalists are worried that Yoga is a religion. It’s not. It’s a discipline–a way of disciplining your body so that it is fit for the rigors of contemplation and prayer. It all fits together–your body, your mind and your spirit. When it all comes together–what a wonderful thing.
I’m a work in progress. How about you.
Faith Venture 
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