by Lovia Larkin

Created on: May 05, 2009

With today's hectic schedule some days its seems almost impossible to incorporate spirituality into your daily routine, there just never seems to be enough time in the day to get everything done that you desire. That just may be the problem, our desires, our wishes and wants that many times we let overshadow our needs. Our spiritual journey is a necessity. There is within each person a hole that we long to fill; it is one of the things that set us apart from the rest of creation. It is our longing, our spiritual nature that longs to be filled.

One must define spirituality to bring it into a daily routine. Is it aloof and mysterious, a mystic whisper? Is spirituality an act of piety, setting oneself and goals above another? Is it even attainable? I have heard many describe themselves as "spiritual" when asked about their religion or belief system. Many of those who proclaim themselves to be "spiritual" use it in a manner that is only a disguise for; well, to put it bluntly . . . being flakey or justifying bad or inappropriate behavior; taking LSD to travel to different plains of reality; eating "shrooms" to see colors more vividly; becoming unaccountable for lifestyle choices because one defines them as "spiritual." This is not spirituality, merely self-indulgence.

The definition of spirituality is this; the quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness. It is to be thinking not of oneself but a higher state. An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality; concern with things of the spirit. It is not temporal thought, but eternal. If it is then thinking heavenly-minded and if we creations long to fill a hole why then is it hard to incorporate it into our daily lives?

A quote from Bickersteth states "Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come." The same is to be said of our private spirituality. It is dependent upon the state of mind in which we come. The first step of incorporating it into our daily routine is to begin with the mind set that we desire it to be there.

After the decision is made it then becomes a matter of habit. If we believe that we "have" to have cup of coffee to begin our day off correctly then it becomes so and when we don't get that first cup in the morning our whole day is blown off kilter . . . It just doesn't feel right. That is how it is with introducing something into the routine of your life. You

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