Life in Nebraska ....

                                                                A hot cup of coffee A clean kitchen A bouquet of flowers you picked for yourself When someone tells you thank you A winter fire place Spicy Cinnamon Tea Books Sorting through old memories in an old church building Watching a sunset Enduring through a tough discipline to the finish Walking through a neglected and silent wood A cold plunge into a swimming hole Laughing till your tummy hurts Chocolate Chatting with an aunt outside of church after a beautiful Sunday Finding the boundaries in your life and using them Crying The knowing  that pain is setting deep roots down down into your soul Building bridges Forgiving Smiling Thinking positive  

        So I ended last post about what does God have to say about busyness.     And now for practical thoughts on how to be calm in our souls even IF we're busy.  And maybe some practical tips.     One lady who lived in a condo just down the street from the church her family/ parents/ grandparents had always gone to stated that she wonders if she might feel calmer is she went to a place of God where she could regain her perspective about her place in the world.  But she said, "There's just no time."   Obvious observation here is that we don't have time to not go to a place of worship and regain perspective.      People that know there is a power greater than themselves, scientifically are better off emotionally and spiritually.  An office worker feels a burden to do it all and get it all right and if it's not it all falls back on him.  A farmer knows there is a higher power than him and his machines...

    We all know what busyness is and how we feel when we hear the word.  I would bet a person who is lonely and had an appetite for busyness their entire life feels fondly for the word.  Where as a person who is overwhelmed and exhausted knows keenly what the word means to her and her feelings probably aren't fond.     So I've been looking at the subject of busyness for quite awhile.  In fact I found in my research that there are many many many books and blogposts and bible stories and personal experiences to read up on. Evidently busyness is an epidemic.     So how do we get back to feeling a fondness for busyness?  Or maybe lets ask when did Busyness become an epidemic and why did it become an epidemic?       Americans are afflicted with this epidemic worse than other countries.  Supposedly the Danes know how to do schedules without the busyness complex.  They take time for tea.  Children aren't given t...