I stumbled across the book Breathe: Creating a Space for God in a Hectic Life
On packed schedules…
Despite the fact that a doctor is telling us that to hurry will cause us to feel fatiqued or depressed, gain weight, and lose interest in sex, we still find it hard to slow down. Why? I think it is in part because we believe the lie that “if I am busy, I must be important.”
On how we identify ourselves…
It’s as if we believe that our value comes from what we do. [...] Our value comes not from what we do but from who we are.
On rushing through our lives…
There are times we need to prod children to get going, but often we push them even if there is nowhere we have to be and absolutely no reason to hurry.
On clinging to our hectic lives…
We live in a culture focused on doing. That’s one reason so many of us wrestle with being a parent: time with our kids doesn’t seem like we are producing anything. To ruthlessly eliminate hurry would make us feel “unproductive,” which we’re afraid is actually a sin. We’d also have to actually be a parent, to connect with our kids, and we’re not sure we can do that well. We don’t know how to measure our success there, so again, we feel unproductive, which is very uncomfortable.
On material possessions…
Waste lies not in the number of possessions but in the failure to enjoy them. Your success at being frugal is measured not by your penny-pinching but by your degree of enjoyment of the material world.
On humility…
[...] pace yourself so that your family gets your best.
If I am being honest, I would have to say this book dropped in my lap because I have a fair bit to learn from the pages inside.
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I love it when stuff like that happens. Your guardian angel was looking out for you. It sounds like a wonderful book.
I added it to my goodreads list. Thx for mentioning it. I don’t know how I came across your blog, but I am enjoying it and your sense of humor. :)
Oh man. Guilty as charged. Thanks for the post.
wow…I soooo needed this, today!
Sounds like a great book! I’m also adding it to the “to read” list.
I think also we keep busy & hurry up & buy things because if we slowed down to see who we really are, what really composes us, well, that scares us (me).
I just put this on my list at the library. I look forward to reading more. Thanks for the post!
Thanks for the sharing…this book sounds like a good read. We all need to slow down , life gets so hectic and we just somehow get trapped in the hurriness, and forget to BREATH.
I love this! Sometimes, all we need is a new perspective:-)!!
So glad I stumbled on this post. Perfect reminder to slow down and breathe…
I needed to hear all of this right now. Perhaps I should get the book, too.