What captures our attention? To what do we turn to feel empowered? Whom do we admire? How do we pass time?
I found this description of a people:
People wear fine clothes to adorn their external appearance.
They carry sharp swords by their sides and worship might rather than righteousness.
They know only to make merry by indulging in food and drink.
They crave to possess more riches than they could ever use.
This could have been written at almost any time during the past 4,000 years of humanity. This one was probably written 2,500 years ago or longer. I am fascinated by ancient writings, say the Proverbs which supposedly date back 3,000 years to the time of Solomon or before. What fascinates me is that we never change.
Yet, these (except for guns substituting for swords) words could have been written by a spiritual observer today.
These are not the path to a spiritual life.
As we contemplate the type of person we would like to become this year–this year of recovery from the Covid pandemic–we need to find these writings that help remind us of the spiritual path.
This path is well trod. It is actually straightforward and easy, yet we humans prefer the devious route, the hard route. Jesus, for example, talked of his burden as light and his yoke as easy. Take him at his word, and put it into practice while simply following his teaching.
Faith Venture 
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