I remember a time when I used to think that being really busy was getting me somewhere closer to “accomplishment”. It wasn’t nothing for me to be going to school full time, working full time, raising children, working on projects for myself, and volunteering for an organization. My mornings consisted of driving a 1 hour commute, while drinking coffee, putting on make-up, and talking on the phone. My afternoons consisted of me rushing to pick up kids in traffic, talking on the phone, eating a snack, and stressing. As women, we think that we have to be superwomen, and if you are doing it as a single parent, you have to be a supersinglemom. Of course I started cutting out some of that in 2008, to gain some balance and control, but when 2009 arrived, I made the decision that for my spiritual healing; I needed to release some more of those obligations that weren’t getting me any closer my goal of inner peace and happiness.
As individuals of western culture, we have been unconsciously condition to believe that more activity we have on our plate the closer we are to more accomplishment, but at what cost and to whose judgment? to be honest the two (busy and accomplishment) are not necessarily connected at all. I mean, what is really important (if God forbid you die tomorrow)? I am currently reading a book called “Be Here Now” very interesting, a bit neurotic, but it is reminding me so much of my own personal journey. Doing all of that “STUFF” and still feeling empty at the end of the day. I finally realized that I was in prison in my mind with all of the unnecessary obligation.
My motto for 2009
Be You…Conscious
What is conscious? Aware, aware of your ultimate goal, nirvana.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Are You Too Busy For Your Own Good?
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liliesWOW! it is amazing to hear someone elses view on that forbidden topic. one reason is old traditions taught that you should do all the things you talked about and at the end say i did it, and in some cases i did it all by myself and that made you a real woman a real mother(SUPERWOMAN) but at the end of the day when you look back you can find resentments and feel like you,ve missed so much, because you didn't stop to smell the flowers and even noticed how things change from day to day,i'm talking about the natural way of life. It delights my Heart to slow it down and take a good look, in doing so i,m finding ME! WONDERFULLY MADE!
More people need to realize this revelation. Sometimes it may even take something like losing your job to recognize just how overworked and neverpaid we are for the busywork we do.
All of us should step back, take a look at where we are, and THEN focus on where we need to be going...which is closer to Him. The rest is excess.
This post is so true. So many of us are simply going fast to nowhere. I'm guilty of it, too.
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