I’m taking an unanticipated few weeks off from writing. I have some speaking engagements coming up that will require my full attention.
It dawned on me today that in order to do the necessary work, I need to carve out space for being. Before I can do, I first have to be. Like the plows carve out pathways through the snow, I have to forcibly create space for the stillness to emerge.
As I do that, I’m reflecting on a timely quote from Thomas Merton:
We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have – for their usefulness.
I hope you find this quote as meaningful as I do. And until next time, instead of looking for value in the product, may you just be, unmistakably, who you are and watch the awe-inspiring imagination that emerges from the undertaking to exist without acting.
With thoughts of stillness,
Amy
THANK YOU! Such a great and necessary reminder in this day and age. We are human BEings, not human DOings.
Todd,
Thanks for your kind encouragement. I’m grateful for it. I hope you enjoy the privilege of being this week.