Arnold Schwarzenegger recently wrote a note to The Pump Club (an online fitness community) regarding too much fitness and nutrition advice floating around. Even if much of it is good advice, which unfortunately it is not, too much becomes confusing. Your head fills with more information than it can act upon.
Recently picked up guitar after a few dormant years. I know and have practiced many chords. I know from experience which keys I can sing in—and which genres. But I sought assurance. I visited my old friend Dr. Google. Man—too much advice. How to hold the guitar, what sort of strap and how to mount, what is the appropriate singing range based on an app.
I’ve devoted years to simplifying fitness and nutrition into something that works. Taking that thought back to the practice of guitar, I sought to simplify.
The same with spiritual practice. After 60 years of meditation experience and teaching, I found a new teacher online—just to check in to assure I’m still on the right path. His message—simplify. If the lesson didn’t come right away, well, that’s OK. Come back tomorrow.
Spiritual practice is just that—practice. Every day. If you didn’t receive a lightning bolt from God, well, that’s OK. There’s always tomorrow. Over time your personality will change. Just from sticking with the basics. Day after day.
Read, pray, love.
Faith Venture 
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