"What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action."
-Meister Eckhart

My Franklin Covey PlanPlus for Outlook inspiring quote of the day.  I have spent a lifetime in thinking and contemplation.  Even now, I am still learning how to sift my wayward thoughts and pull value out of the mirky depths.  It seems that something has kept my thoughts from turning into results.

Oh, there's been plenty of action; but the lack of focus and abundance of distraction has gotten the best of my best intentions.  Then add the fact that goals for the overachiever soon become uninteresting and tedious, useful only for reminding a tortured soul of things celebrated and then abandoned.

Sometimes I wonder if the only task I have been assigned in this life is uncovering and utilizing the potential that God has given me in spite of all of my personal flaws.  Maybe once I get past some selfish desire to be rich and famous, God can use me and my work for his glory and his kingdom.  God, please do so I pray.

Thank you God, for my mind.  Please harness it and work out your will in my thoughts and my actions.  Amen.