I was sitting in front of my journal this morning trying to figure out something to write when it occured to me that I didn't have much of anything to say. I sat and sat and stared at the wall, searching for even the smallest glimpse of inspiration...but nothing. So I started writin about the fact that I didn't have anything to either write about or blog about.
I was literally writing about nothing (then the thought occurred... if Seinfeld can be a show about nothing then maybe I can write a book about nothing). As writing I stumbled into a possible solution for my new found predicament by asking myself a question:
Have I taken something that was supposed to be an outlet and turned it into a ritual?
There, my friend, lies an interesting question in all of our lives. I believe there is a tendency in all of us to take things that are special and beneficial to us and make them routine and mechanic thus sucking the life and joy right out of them.
There are a lot of places we do this unaware of what we are doing...worship, marriage, friendships, church, parenting, recreation, as well as many others.
Over the next several posts I will write some thoughts about our tendency to go from outlet to ritual in many of the places. Let's see how far this rabbit hole will take us.
Heart and Soul,
BAG
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