Seek

seek

sēk/

verb

1. attempt to find (something).

   "they came here to seek shelter from biting winter winds"

   synonyms:

   search for, try to find, look for, be on the lookout for, be after, hunt for, be in quest of "they sought shelter from the winter snows"

Word of the day. Reading in Jacob as he counsels to be careful what we seek. I think the most relevant thing about what I read is the desire behind the looking. Seeking can be great, useful, and positive, but if you are seeking for personal gain, for indulgence, for selfish motives that seeking is simply wrong.

I seek for so many things. I seek for time. For attention. For MORE. For ease . The reason is not always clear. My motives are not always generous. I may find what I 'm seeking for or I may not.

My thought is that if I was truly seeking something instead of just randomly looking I would mostly likely find it. If I was seeking it with the intent to find it - I believe it would most likely be obtained.

I think so much of my time I feel like I'm seeking, but I really am just glancing around hoping it will appear. Seeking is hunting - a quest. It requires some effort because the desire is deeper. The want is less fleeting and more of a need as we seek. 

I want to truly SEEK for things. I want to decide what I really want and then look hard for it. I want to carefully decide WHAT is worth seeking for and what is not that important. Isn't that a huge part of life? Deciding the worth of things - including our desires? 

To seek requires action. What good is the hunt if we do nothing with the treasure? I really want a new rug. I found the one I want, but here I sit with a less than perfect one for a month. I like to blame the lack of time or money for my lack of action, but in reality it really boils down to me wanting the rug bad enough to push the darn order button. Sounds simple, but I think sometimes we are nervous about living with the consequences of what we seek. 

To choose carefully what we seek is my new goal. To hunt with the INTENT to act once found is the action plan. What a clear path of thinking instead of being constantly overwhelmed with the "wants" of the world that constantly bombard us.