Be still, my soul

“Life is good. Busy, but good.”

Sound familiar?

At the beginning of the year I wrote the obligatory “What I learned last year” post in my attempt to get back into blogging. I wrote it in a Word document and there it still sits. This is a perfect example of one of the biggest lessons and revelations I want to have in 2018. I want to learn to be in the moment, to stop being “so busy” and to simply rest and do more things that bring out my creativity.

Why do so many of us believe that being busy is the same thing as having purpose? So often when people ask me how I am doing I respond with “Busy, but good.” It’s almost automatic. Why do I think being so busy all the time equals purpose and productivity?

I work a 9-5 job (sometimes evenings and weekends added). I’m on two boards, I run a non-profit community cookout, I’m a wife, a friend and I try my best to stay in shape. But how does any of that matter if I’m tired, exhausted and always thinking ahead to what my next task or event is? One of the things I appreciate about my husband is that when he is with a colleague, a business associate, a friend, he is 100% in that meeting. He pushes everything else away and is fully in that moment. That moment is the only thing that matters at that time. We should all be more like that. That would show people, friends, family, strangers, that they are the most important thing to us at that moment. I want to have more conversations with people I care about. I want to truly listen to how their day was and how life is going. I want to take time to blog and write and think and create. My hope is that I will begin to stop worrying about what is next and see what is right in front of me.



Bob Goff, author and public speaker (and a very inspiring human being), said “It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.”

When all is said and done, will someone appreciate and remember my time with them or my time away from them? When I think of how I want to spend my time and my life I see these words: “Be still, my soul.” Be still. Easier said than done. For anyone who has known me for any length of time will realize that being still is not my strong suit. But this is a different kind of still. This is about being present. Focusing on what is right in front of me, and knowing that will set my future.

Be still, my soul.