It would be so much easier to just sit down, lean back and take a nap. That may not seem like a big problem, but it is not quite 8 o’clock in the morning and taking a nap really is not the way to start your day.
As I get older, I find myself getting weaker. I have less energy. I have more of a tendency to take naps, which, in itself is not a problem, but it can become a problem if I let it. I can let taking a nap substitute for doing something that I should be doing or even just something I could be doing. It is a real temptation. At times I give in. Overall, though, I need to keep moving.
Sometimes I ask myself, “Why do I need to keep moving?”
The answer comes back to my belief that God is in charge of the universe as well as my personal life. I believe when God is ready, I will pass on to the next phase of life called eternity. I believe that, as long as He leaves me here, He has some kind of reason for it. I may not understand it. I may not see it in this life. But He has a reason.
So my job is to not take a nap because I don’t think that’s His reason, but to get up. Get off my duff. Get moving. That may mean what it means right now, go walk. It might mean what it’ll mean in the middle of the day. Read a book. It might mean write an essay. It might mean make a phone call. There are so many ways in which we are to interact with our lives.
The temptation is to take a nap. Don’t give in.
homo unius libri
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Opus 2024-288: The Temptation
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