Mary O’Malley – I invite you for a few moments to let go of reading this blog and simply rest here. Let go of past and future; let go of all the stories in your head and simply be.
Did you find this difficult? Most people do. We live in a world of busyness, always trying to get to a so-called better place. Have you ever seen one of those videos of a downtown street where they fast forward the images of people and cars? It looks like an overly frenetic anthill. If you could have a video of your mind, you would see that it lives on fast-forward a lot of the time too – doing, doing, doing.
All this doing comes from a voice inside urging us to do more, to accomplish more, to do better, to be better. The crazy thing about living this way is it is addictive but it’s not sustainable. It’s like the thrill of hydroplaning in a boat but one day you run out of gas and the nose of the boat dives down into the water as you crash. In other words, in the end, all our busyness doesn’t add much to our lives. Continue reading