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STOP AND THINK

It seems that when you’re in hurry and running late, you hit nothing but red lights. Although they are annoying when we’re racing to an appointment, stoplights are there for our protection.
We need stoplights throughout our day too. Hard work and busy schedules need to be interrupted with time for leisure and reflection. Without it we can become seriously sick with stress-induced illnesses. Time set aside for recreation or relaxation can rejuvenate our spirits. This poem tells us to take time to “stop and stare

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare,
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in board daylight,
Streams full of stars, like stars at night.
No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can.
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

There are two ways of making it through our busy life. One way is to stop thinking. The second is to stop and think. Many people live the first way. They fill every hour with incessant activity. They dare not be alone. There is no time of quiet reflection in their lives. The second way, to stop and think, is to contemplate what life is for and to what end we are living. The word Sabbath literally means,”stop doing what you are doing.

Throughout the day today, give yourself a five or ten minute “mini-vacation.” Get alone, be quiet, and listen for God to speak to you. Make time to be alone with God.

A HAPPY LIFE CONSISTS OF TRANQUILITY OF MIND