On Demand?

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We are only a mouse click away from watching almost any movie or TV show we desire. A few clicks away from downloading the songs we want to hear. Latest bestseller? Reading it on my screen. Headline news? It's streaming as we speak.  A slide and a click and we can place ourselves anywhere in the universe and find out how to get from here to there. If you are online I can ping you or skype you or chat with you. If not, I can text you or BBM you. I can write and post instantaneously in more places than I dare know about it. 

Exhausted yet?

It is no wonder that deep contemplation, days (or years) of noodling an idea, long uninterrupted conversations about things that matter, writing and editing (and editing) all feel a little counter cultural. 

I haven't posted on this blog for several months. They have been deeply generative months. I took time for private journaling and guided meditations. I consciously chose not to distract myself with social media and even good old fashioned print media. My reading on line and off was kept to a minimum. I stayed very present to the deepest, truest voices in me and to connecting with the people around me--in real life. 

I have been blessed to experience the essence of one of my favorite quotes by A.J. Heschel:

"Every person is a reminder of God."