Happy 4th

Happy 4th of July!  You have some special plans for today?  If so, you probably have to drop some things that you might normally do on a Thursday.  You don’t make time for a holiday celebration.  There is no extra time to make.  You rather find time by giving up one thing for another.  You won’t work at your job today, or do some other daily task.  It is the same with persuing a spiritual life of some intensity.  People tell me, “I will have to find time for spiritual practice, or meditation.”  No, you cannot find more time.  You only have the 24 hours.  So you make time by dropping something.  It is all about priorities.  Sometimes you give up some sleep, or some TV for instance.  When you want it badly enough, the desire is strong enough, you will make time.  I have found it so.