set aside

ive been getting quite a few new cds and books over the past several months. ive also been falling victim the greatest problem with new music: buying more than one at a time! whenever i get a new cd i like to listen to it through alot so that i can begin to recognize each song, and sing along with the ones i like. if i get more than one cd at a time, this becomes almost impossible because i feel a need to switch back from one to the other, and i end up not spending enough time with either of them, and they end up on the cd shelf, never to enter my rotation again.

most of my recent purchases have fallen into that unfortunate category. but here is the thing: im not concerned. what seems to happen with me is that it will tell me when im ready for it. ive had this happen many times. ill receive or buy a book/cd/movie that for one reason or another i just shelve it. a while later, could be a month, could be a couple years, i suddenly have an urge to listen to a cd, or read a book thats been collecting dust since the mid 90s. and when i do finally get around to checking it out, i find that it has been waiting for me to be ready for it. a cd whose message now speaks to my situation, a book that ties into an understanding i am now ready for, or a movie that now shows truth in a way i can see.

so, as i set aside neglected stuff today, i eagerly wait for the time when it awakens and calls to me for my time to discover it anew.