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I confess I’m a planner. I think I have been all my life, and it seems to be a natural part of my tendency toward organization. I mean, the two go so well together. In my youth it set me apart, not in a superior way, but in a different from most kids my age way.
I have learned some valuable things in life the hard way. One lesson is that often times the best thing for you truly is rest. No matter what your brain or ego says the world will not stop spinning without you, but without rest it might be you that stops. A second lesson is
If you asked residents and vacationers along the U.S. east coast last week if they were calm as hurricane Dorian approached, they might have laughed in your face or cried. It would have been hard to be calm with forecasts of the Category 5 storm approaching your home and community.
Much like staring at a car accident as I drive past, I find myself checking the newsfeed on my computer every morning. I am fully aware that most of what I see will be bad or discouraging news. Yet, here I sit scrolling through the headlines.
After our drop-in class where we talked about indifference shown by Christians, a class member came up to me and said the topic had hit a cord with him. He said with a smile his philosophy had always been, “why do today what can be put off until tomorrow.”
The word “stuff” has many meanings, but here I’m talking about things. What’s the stuff of your dreams? Are you a collector of things or do you long for things you can’t afford? The desire for stuff can drive you to work harder, but it can leave you depressed when you dwell on what you don’t have.