Time to Nuture the Seed

Multitasking is considered a great trait in our society. We love to spread ourselves broad and give ourselves to many things all at once. Though such a concept seems inviting, it really depletes us as persons. Because the only way you can give yourself to so many tasks at the same time is to skim over all of them with a watchful eye. Which, in effect, means you cannot really give yourself to any. You must always be on the run. And while it works well when production is the only thing at stake, such a trait destroys production in our spiritual lives.

The spiritual life needs just the opposite; it needs your whole hearted attention if you hope to acquire contemplation. Concentration isn't the key here; but watchfulness is. A person used to the busyness of multitasking will find watching and waiting almost impossible. The gears of production propel when the seed of prayer needs time to grow.

Advent is all about watching and waiting. It is about planting seeds and nurturing fragile hopes and dreams. It is about awareness and consciousness and desires. It needs us to sit with our thoughts so that we understand better not only who we are, but the great who that is within.