The reading from “Good Courage” on this first day asks a challenging question. What am I devoted to?
“Devotion is a practice, not only a feeling. Devotion is how you spend your time and what you give your attention to.”
What do we spend our time on? Spend is an apt word, because our time is a valuable, irreplaceable resource. Ever watch a terrible movie, and at the end think, “That’s 2 hours I will never get back”?
The writer of today’s reading suggests this spiritual practice:
“Make a list of things that you practise daily- the things you care for and love. Write them down and offer them to God in a prayer.”
This suggestion sparked the memory of this old song. I remember the version by the Steve Miller Band. The clip below is Seal, from the soundtrack for Space Jam.
Time keeps on slipping
Into the future
Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping
Into the future
I want to fly like an eagle, to the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly (oh, yeah)
Fly right into the future
I want to feed the babies
Who can’t get enough to eat
I want to shoe the children
New shoes on their feet
I want to house the people
Living in the street
Oh, there
There’s a solution
I want to fly like an eagle, to the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly (oh, yeah)
Fly right into the future
Time keeps on slipping
Into the future
Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping
Into the future
I want to fly like an eagle, to the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly (oh, yeah)
Fly into the future
Fly like an eagle
to the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly
Like an eagle
Fly into the future
In a sky full of people only some want to fly, isn’t that crazy
Fly
Ah ah ah
Fly like an eagle
Fly
Fly like an eagle, fly
Fly like an eagle, fly
Fly like an eagle, fly
Darrow Woods: Writer of Things 