Sadly I think Wicca does lend itself easily to immediacy, and yet so rarely do Wiccans actually bridge that separation between religion and life.
I completely agree, and know some Wiccans who live like this. For me, it was the wrong path. I was in Western Australia, Alexandrian Wicca was pretty common, and so being desperate to practice paganism and be around people of like mind, I jumped in.
First it gets sort of isolated from the rest of my behaviour, then it gets shipped to the list of stuff I'll do later. Obviously that only makes things worse, because I am shipping one of my most powerful healing tools to the do-it-later list.
If it's too draining to do it in the short-term when things are very hard, it might be worth looking at the spiritual worth of rest and sleep instead. It is possible to be very spiritual in terms of attitudes towards *not* doing anything 'active', and instead giving yourself time to rest, sleep, stare at walls, and so on. :)
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I completely agree, and know some Wiccans who live like this. For me, it was the wrong path. I was in Western Australia, Alexandrian Wicca was pretty common, and so being desperate to practice paganism and be around people of like mind, I jumped in.
First it gets sort of isolated from the rest of my behaviour, then it gets shipped to the list of stuff I'll do later. Obviously that only makes things worse, because I am shipping one of my most powerful healing tools to the do-it-later list.
If it's too draining to do it in the short-term when things are very hard, it might be worth looking at the spiritual worth of rest and sleep instead. It is possible to be very spiritual in terms of attitudes towards *not* doing anything 'active', and instead giving yourself time to rest, sleep, stare at walls, and so on. :)