There is so much to do each day. So many trivial things can fill your day making you essentially lose your day...each day, every day, leading up to a lifetime of not truly living, but just doing. Doing the mundane. It takes a concerted effort to pause and take some time to breathe, think, be quiet. It takes more of an effort to stop and smile, to fully listen with your eyes, ears and mind, and to plan what you actually want to do with your day, not just have to do. It takes courage to let go of some of the things on your endless to do list and choose instead to do something worthwhile, meaningful. It doesn't have to be something magnificent. It can be simple, and quite often the simple is better than the grande, as long as it is something worthwhile to you. Play a game with your kids, laugh at their jokes, listen to their stories with full, undivided attention, go to their "restaurant", read a good book on the couch with your 10 year old, do a puzzle, take a walk and enjoy the sites, write a poem or write a friend.
It also takes a purposeful effort and introspection to look at your life and see what you really want out of it, how you want to live it, and what God intends for your life. It takes determination to set aside the mundane and chose instead those things that have more meaning and value. I think in slowing down, in discarding some of the trivial items, you can choose those things that make a life, truly a life and not just a list. And in doing so you will find peace, purpose, direction and a life worth living. Jump off the treadmill and make time for your life. You only have one to live.
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