For this Sunday, April 26th, the focus for our meditation
will be on Fullness. I recently came across a blog by someone
named Scott Dannemiller, a speaker, author, leadership consultant and former
missionary. One of his posts in
particular really resonated with me in which he spoke about the increasing
prevalence of “busyness” in people’s lives.
How many times have you found yourself, when asked about your day,
responding with something like, “crazy busy” or, “insane” or, “rushing around
like a mad person!” While modern life
with all of its demands to juggle professional, personal and family lives tends
to easily become hectic it is our emotional response to this regimen that is
concerning. Some people love to appear
busy and wear their busyness like a “badge of honor,” as Scott says in his
blog. It is as though they have so much
of their ego invested in how much they (and only they) can accomplish that to appear
idle seems embarrassing. Instead, they
cram as much in as they can but more significantly wear their busyness on their
sleeve to impress others with their own importance. Sometimes it is impractical to cut many of
our obligations out, but rather than fretting about how many demands there are
on our time let us reframe the problem as one where we are blessed with a Full life. Where we are able to scale back our
activities let us consider doing so.
However, when that is not possible, let us take a breath and think of
our day as Full of potential for
accomplishments, wonderful encounters with others, and moments that will never
be experienced again. May we consider in
our prayer and meditation time this week the Fullness of our daily life and ask to be guided how to release our
tendency to self-impose a stressful response rather than one of gratitude.
In our efforts this week let us also continue to use the
energy of our prayers and meditation to amplify the light that covers and fills
this nation. As we perform our
meditation this week let us begin by re-energizing the brilliance and power of
the light we create. Just as before,
begin by forming a concentrated ball of light that is so bright it is almost
impossible to look directly at it. Raise
this sphere of light up high over the nation and then let its rays cascade down
to create a solid, impenetrable dome of light that completely covers every inch
of our country. From shore to shore and
border to border let the entire continent be filled with this brilliant, dense
light that will serve to magnify the best and highest qualities of our country
and the people who live across its vast lands.
Please follow the same practice as before: Get centered in
your body, ask to bring in your guides and others who are there to assist us,
and connect to the circle of others participating in this project.
Ask yourself how do I feel when I feel blessed rather than
stressed by the Fullness of all I am
able to do in a day? How does it feel in
my body when I am able to lose the stress of busyness and replace it with the
gratitude of Fullness? Then send the energy and intention of those
feelings to the nation.
Be sure to disconnect from the circle at the end and express
thanks for those who have helped us in this effort.
If you have feedback or experiences you would like to share
please let me know via e-mail to kmiritello@gmail.com
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