Sunday, November 4, 2007

Are you keeping busy?

I am. I have been keeping really busy the last few weeks with activities and demands of life. I have been a student, a worker, a partner, a friend, an advocate. I have been executing the roles of my office in all these categories, and it has consumed a good chunk of my time. Today, I sat down and thought about the last few weeks, and I was surprised at how truly busy I have been, and how being busy has kept me out of trouble.

I have not had time to worry, or fret, or listen to unnecessary information (read gossip), or fight, or fear. I have been about the business of learning and earning and giving and caring and sharing.

Idleness is not your friend. An idle mind truly is the devil's workshop.

Don't be busy for the sake of being busy. Find something useful, beneficial, caring, and kind, and set about engaging yourself in that thing with all your being. It will save you many troubles if you're out and about doing something positive with your time and your energy.

This is my thought for the day.