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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Just Sit. Simply Be.

Anyone who knows me, knows that the hardest task for me is to simply sit and be.

I tried to sunbathe on the shores of a picturesque tropical beach recently and lasted all of 45 minutes before becoming too antsy to sit and be any longer. I am actually improving though. In the not so distant past, I would never have lasted 30 minutes. 

One of my favorite life quotes comes from my junior high leader who at an event we were preparing for shocked me when she said, "Don't just do something, stand there!"

Over the years I have perfected the art of being a human-doing
but find myself struggling to become a human-being

1 comment:

KN said...

Let me encourage you to keep plugging away at doing, well, nothing! It's so hard to do that when you have things you know you could be doing or thinking or writing about, but rest is sooooo essential. Seriously, laze around a bit, eh? Be well, friend.

-Kyle