Busyness misses the point, striving for a life of quantity, not quality

Somewhere in the late 20th century we got the idea that busyness is a virtue.

We singles decided that the more activites we can squeeze into our lives, the happier we'll be. What ultimately results, though, is physical and spiritual exhaustion.

We jump from one appointment to another, our body and mind racing. We schedule events back to back and overlapping, with no time to rest or reflect.

And when we're in one activity, we're either distracted with the thing we've just done or the thing that's coming up.

It's not a good way to live.

Jesus was never rushed. He never ran himself ragged, and on those rare occasions when he approached burnout, he went away for a while in the mountains or the wilderness, to rest and pray.

Slow down. Cut some activities out. Learn to say no. Right now, just take it easy, relax, and read these quotations.

Then take one silent minute to think about them and whether they apply to your life.
If you can't make yourself do that, you're burning your candle at too many ends!

There are people who want to be everywhere at once and they seem to get nowhere.
Carl Sandburg

What is the use of running when we are not on the right road?
German Proverb

Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday?
Kin Hubbard

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought.
Samuel Johnson

Change is not progress.
H.L. Mencken

Modern man is frantically trying to earn enough to buy things he's too busy to enjoy.
Frank A. Clark

If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.
Unknown

Time is equal to life; therefore, waste your time and waste your life, or master your time and master your life.
Alan Lakein