Holy Week Musings

How are you doing this Holy week? Me? You’d think that I’d forgotten the significance of this week…
I have been irritable at work. Everything seems to annoy me. I ate too much chocolate yesterday. It’s my fault. I made chocolate mint sandwich cookies and they are irresistible. I didn’t get enough sleep last night. That’s my fault, too. I was up late making hotel reservations in Oxford. And I have been spending far too little time actually pondering the significance of this Holy week. The time gets away from me so easily. Do you find that happening to you too?

Good. Then I may not be alone. However, I am completely to blame. Every choice I make is a choice to reject everything else that I could do. It may seem like a little thing, but the little thing can turn into hours. I think myself pretty good at time management, but sometimes I need to rearrange some priorities.

About two months ago I cancelled my cable. I found that I just didn’t watch that much TV, but when I did turn on the TV, 95% of the time nothing decent was on, but I would somehow spend time flipping through channels. Why? In hopes of finding something interesting? I rarely ever did. Now, my TV is used only for news in the morning (when the reception is good) and an occasional DVD. I have a few favorite TV shows that I watch online. I can catch The Amazing Race or Masterpiece Theatre the day after it airs.

What I noticed as soon as I cancelled my cable was that anytime I was tempted to just sit on my sofa and flip around the TV channels, I couldn’t, so I would pick up my book instead. Or venture over to my piano to practice a new song. Or go for a run. This has turned out to be a very good thing. I save a little money and spend almost no time watching TV, and best of all, I don’t miss it.

So, what takes up some of your precious time that isn’t really needed? How can you let in some more reflective time in your life? I am going to close my laptop more this week and let it sit for awhile as I ponder......