Think about it, our Culture has defined Success, Status and Worth by How BUSY we are!!!!!
WHY?
Give this a try, ask 5 friends via social media this simple question and find out what their response is:
"How Are YOU? We haven't talked in a while and I wanted to see how you are doing."
I will betcha that 3 of the 5 will have the Word BUSY in their reply (if they even reply, because they think they are too BUSY, to take 2 mins and respond to a Friend.)
So again I ask, WHY do we tend to Define ourselves as HUMANS by how BUSY we are in LIFE.
Here is how the Dictionary defines Busy:
Lets talk about the first definition: Having a great deal to do, WHO made you have So much to do???
YOU, You Choose what to do and what not to do, and often times Due to the way we are brought up, we are told that WE need to do "It All" or we are Worthless, Lazy, not Successful, etc... and we don't want to feel GUILT or Anxiety about NOT Keeping up.
Definition two: Keep occupied, WHY in the world would you want to KEEP Occupied???
Again because we Feel we HAVE TO, or we aren't keeping up with the Jones. We are worried others will think we are Lazy or Slothful and we CARE about what they THINK.
***PLEASE HEAR ME, FEEL ME, and UNDERSTAND This: YOU are NOT Defined by HOW Much YOU Do, but by HOW, and WHAT you Choose to do!!!!!!!!!
We (me included in the past) have defined and judged others by their choices of what they do with their time and by how busy they make themselves. However over the past several months of listening to Personal Development books I have had an AH-HA Experience. I have Realized this Darn word "BUSY" is Creating Monster Moms, Wives, and Children. It's Ruining Trust, and Hurting Friendships, all because we are Basing our Feelings off of whether some one is TOO BUSY to spend time with us, or if they are TOO BUSY to raise their kids right, or if YOU yourself are TOO Busy to keep that friendship going, how about Too BUSY to take care of your Health, and a BIG one these days TOO BUSY to Worship GOD, or even Acknowledge him in our LIVES.
PLEASE STOP!
God did not send us to this earth to Keep ourselves Completely OCCUPIED, or always having a Great Deal to do.
He Created for us a Beautiful WORLD to enJOY and Appreciate the Smells, Sounds, Feelings as we adventure through them all.
He Sent us to Families to LOVE, Communicate with, and Spend Quality time enJOYing each others Company as we adventure together through life.
He Gave us Friends, friends who can lighten our burden when we are struggling, friends who you can bbq with, laugh with, cry with, and play with. Friends who have experienced (similar to what you have) situations that you can LEAN on. Friends who can help you when you need a break from MOMMING, or who will take you out for an evening of Adult conversation. HE sent us friends to enJOY sunsets together or a walk through the park.
He has given MAN the Knowledge of How to create technology so that we Can Learn from people that live Thousands of miles from us, or heck even right down the street (that we NEVER would have met with out Social Media). Continuing to Learn and be Open, allowing our Opinions to change as we gain more Knowledge is Crucial to our Progression in this life and brings us Much JOY as we realize all that we can Become with our New Found Knowledge.
YES we do have many Responsibility in LIFE that MUST be Tended too, BUT that does not mean that we can NOT schedule a few hours a day of Down Time in there too. Having Down time allows us to be Spontaneous, welcome a friend over who needs to talk, take our kids to the park, or spend time walking hand in hand with our spouse around our neighborhood as we enjoy the sunset together.
Creating a Life of BUSY is really NO Life at all!
I know, I used to live one, it's just been in the last few months that I am learning I don't need to Live my life so that others WONT judge me Harshly, If we are Following Christ and his example the WORLD will always Judge us harshly.
YOU are the one who CREATES your Life, YOU choose to Over Fill it or NOT, so Choose Wisely and LOVE the Life you Create.
***Home Work ~
If you are Ready to really make a difference in your life and Stop defining yourself with the word BUSY, try this, it made a HUGE difference in my JOY.
1) Write down 3 things in your life that YOU personally do NOT have to do, that you can CUT out of your life, whether that be Delegate it to some one else or just stop doing it.
2) Figure out how much time you will have a week by no longer needing to do those 3 things, and Stop doing them.
3) Keep that time OPEN to be Spontaneous, get out in nature, play with your kids, spend time with your hubby, or a friend, Nothing Set in stone that HAS to be Done.
It's such a Freeing feeling when you have time to Stop and Smell the Flowers.....
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