The Article Club – Week 8
May 28, 2010 by Marci
Welcome to The Article Club! This is the Overcoming Busy version of a book club. I’m not asking you to carve out time to read 400 pages (that you may or may not like) then find the time to summarize it all for me in a sentence or two or tell me how it changed your life . Once a week, I link to an article that I think the Overcoming Busy audience would find useful or at least interesting. You read it. We discuss it in the comments. Easy!
This week’s article is “with an eye on the sparrow . . . or the swallow, i suppose” by Sorta Crunchy. If you haven’t read it, go ahead, I’ll wait!
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When I read this week’s article, I instantly knew what it meant for me. I have been trying to get into the practice of making smaller to-do lists and not expecting so much out of myself. It occurred to me a few months back (after my hubby and kids pointed it out) that I was always working on something. I never sat down. From morning til bedtime, I was getting stuff done. Even though I was working for my family, taking care of the house and home, I wasn’t taking the time to enjoy my family like I should. So, when I read this article I knew the feeling of having all those “needs” that in reality aren’t needs at all. Realizing that fact makes the to-do list a lot smaller and the “needs” less urgent.
I love the scripture at the end of the article. “To be careless in the care of God” That’s sounds wonderful! I want on that plan not my own!
What are your thoughts? Are your “needs” really needs? How did this article speak to you?
Comments (1)
Great article Marci! Probably very, very relevant while I sit here feeling overwhelmed by the moving process. Need, need, need to get so much done in 3 weeks.