Friday, April 27, 2007

Too Busy to Think

Several years ago I was watching the old Martin Luther movie. In the movie Staupitz's character decides to keep Luther so busy that he will not have time to be concerned about his soul. My coworkers, who were watching the movie with me, suggested that this was our employer's philosophy too. In the movie Staupitz's tactics proved unsuccessful for Luther. Unfortunately, most of us do not live life as thoughtfully as Luther did. We allow our activities to completely occupy our time, leaving us so exhausted that at the end of the day we either want to thoughtlessly vegetate in front of a television or just go to sleep.

This blog is designed to fight against that tendency in my life. I do not intend to make an entry every day. Such a determination would not only openly display my inconsistency, but it would also result in my writing entries under obligation rather than out of a true desire to communicate thought. And yet I must take the time to think and write. If "my actions flow from my thoughts", I must not allow my actions to crowd out my thoughts. If I make such an error, both my thoughts and actions will be rather poor.

So while the frequency of forthcoming entries is questionable, I must be thinking continually. And I must take the time to think more clearly and to write about my thoughts, acting all the better for it.

1 comment:

Emily said...

Hey Joshua, great aims for your blog, and great posts so far. I happened on your link and thought I'd say "hi" to a former chorale buddy!