The Busyness of Life
Mary Oliver asks us, “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Many of us are busy about many good things. Are these the things that we need to be busy about all the time? In the past few months I have found myself being very, very busy about many good things. Being in full-time parish ministry is very time consuming. Sometimes I find myself working, working and working without taking the time to do the things that I really love and that feed my mind, body and spirit. Important things like going to the beach, reading a good novel just for the fun of it. I then have to stop myself and ask, “Is this what I want to do with my one wild precious life?” Don’t get me wrong I love parish ministry- it is very fulfilling. Yet it does not feed my entire mind, body and spirit. It is the time that I spend basking in my God’s presence, walking on the beach, being with love ones, be...