Too busy or just impatient?
February 9, 2009 by Marci
This morning, my 3 year old was exceptionally rambunctious. So, after dropping my daughter off at school, I decided I would take the 3 year old to McDonalds to play in the indoor playground. He really needed to run off some energy. I had a new book to read, so I thought we would both benefit.
It was early enough in the morning that we had plenty of time before we had to be at pre-school. However, that didn’t stop me from trying to be as overly efficient (another way to say “busy”) as possible. There were two different routes I could have taken. Depending on traffic, either route could have been faster than the other. Mind you, this was just a trip to McDonalds. There was no real hurry, but I felt as though I was late for something. I actually sat and contemplated which was the best route to take and when I got behind a little old lady in a Buick doing the speed limit of all things, I started getting frustrated that I obviously took the wrong route!
About that time, I got ahold of myself. What in the world was I thinking?! Was this just impatience or was this what has been programmed into me from years of being “busy”? Its scary when I think of all the areas of life that being “busy” affect. Even an innocent trip to McDonalds. What is that teaching my kids? I am in the processs of slowing down our lives and getting rid of the clutter and busyness. Evidently, I have a ways to go!
